Rorschach test

Definitions

1. A method of psychological evaluation that uses a person's interpretations of inkblots or similar images to discover information concerning his or her personality, emotional functioning, or unconscious mind.
2. Any test of an individual's perception of phenomena.
   broadly
3. Something which reveals the intent of the person using it rather than fulfilling its designed purpose.
   derogatory, figuratively

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Examples

“Psychologists have⟳ dozens of projective methods to choose⟳ from beyond the Rorschach Test⟳, the TAT and figure⟳ drawings.”

“She demurely took out a piece of paper with an ink blot on it, a Rorschach test⟳ . […] Poe said he had been saved by Desmond FitzGerald, the patron saint of knuckledraggers, who sent him away from headquarters to keep⟳ him from getting […]”

“Because Irvine asserts that the earlier case law interpreting section 2280 was incorporated into Probate Code section 15401, but offers inconsistent interpretations of the law, it has become⟳ a Rorschach test⟳ for the parties.”

“And indeed, many of Mr. Trump’s supporters watch⟳ the same videos from Minneapolis and find⟳ in the sometimes murky images details that to them vindicate the shootings, actions by Ms. Good or Mr. Pretti that appear⟳ more threatening than what many others see⟳. In effect, the videos have⟳ become⟳ a national Rorschach test⟳ for American polarization.”

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