inkblot
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈɪŋkˌblɑt/
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mancha de tinta
- During the art class, we created an inkblot artwork by folding paper over wet ink to see what shapes would emerge.
- inkblot test
- Rorschach inkblot
- inkblot pictures
One of you told me inkblot tests are also known as Rorschach tests.
- One of you told me inkblot tests are also known as Rorschach tests.
- When thigh, ass, inkblot, crevice, tit and nipple are still connected.
Examples
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Across the Atlantic, Howard Andrew Knox, an assistant surgeon at Ellis Island, developed the Inkblot Imagination Test in 1914.
Academic text (2017) -
Paul, I have 10 cards, each with a picture of an inkblot on it, okay?
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I told him it was a very nice inkblot with little points all around the edges.
Fiction book (2000) -
One of you told me inkblot tests are also known as Rorschach tests.
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It's the test I took before the operation -- the one with the inkblots on the pieces of cardboard.
Fiction book (2000) -
Rorschach was not the only one to apply inkblots in psychological evaluation.
Academic text (2017) -
In psychology, therapists use an inkblot test to understand a patient's thoughts and feelings.
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The inkblot appeared as a dark spot on the paper, with intricate shapes that sparked my imagination.
Synonyms
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2.7
A small mark often made by ink or dirt
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4.8
A large uneven mark of color or dirt on a surface
A dark patch of ink from a spill or a smudge
Compounds
- Specialized
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6.1
A test where people say what ink pictures look like to show their personality and feelings
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inkblot is simply the clear mix of ink and blot, and a blot is a 'spot' or 'stain' of ink. Because psychologists have long used strange ink 'spots' to see what people imagine, an inkblot now often means an irregular ink 'spot' used to test what someone sees or thinks.