inkblot test

inkblot test
/ingk"blot'/
any of various psychological tests in which varied patterns formed by blotted ink are interpreted by the subject. Cf. Rorschach test.
[1925-30; INK + BLOT1]

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      any of a number of psychological tests in which a person is asked to interpret ambiguous patterns made by inkblots; the best-known of these is the Rorschach Test.

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