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psychometrically

psychometrically

9.9
By touching an object you sense its past or the people linked to it
  • adverb
  • /ˌsaɪ.kəˈmɛ.trɪ.kli/
: psicométricamente
  • When visiting the old house, he psychometrically sensed the emotions of its previous owners through their belongings.

Examples

  • She psychometrically analyzed the artifact, hoping to uncover its history through her intuitive abilities.

  • Although using a mailed questionnaire and psychometrically untested items to capture attitudes is a common procedure, it also suggests caution in interpreting the results.

    Academic text (2006)

  • The therapist employed a psychometrically valid tool to assess the client's emotional state.

Synonyms

psychically
vspsychometrically
10 9.3

By using the mind to sense things people cannot see or hear

is a specific technique using touch of objects to learn about people or events

Surface Forms

psychometrically positive

Morphology

psychometrically = psychometric (opaque) = psych + metric + ally

Although formally built from 'psych-' + 'metric' + '-ally', this sense refers to psychic object-reading (psychometry) and is not predictable from the component meanings for an average learner.

Etymology

Psychometrically comes from the parts psych- meaning 'mind' and -metry meaning 'measure'. A helpful way to remember the psychic sense is to imagine a person touching a ring and 'measuring' its story with their mind, so psychometrically here means trying to learn an object's past by touch.