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Rorschach test
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Rorschachtest
English
2010 November 10
Etymology
en Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach = 1884 1922, its creator.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɹɔːʃɑːk tɛst/ /ˈɹɔːʃæk tɛst/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Rorschach test.wav Southern England
en /ˈɹɔɹˌʃæk tɛst/ /ˈɹɔɹʃək tɛst/ GA
Noun
en psychology 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.
en blot test inkblot test Rorschach Rorschach inkblot test
en What's Wrong with This Picture? w:Scientific American May 2001 Scott O. Lilienfeld; James M. Wood; Howard Garb 85 11341164 10.1038/scientificamerican0501-80 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11341164/ Psychologists have dozens of projective methods to choose from beyond the Rorschach Test, the TAT and figure drawings.
en by extension Any test of an individual's perception of phenomena.
en https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=gUJuAAAAMAAJ&q=Fitzgerald+rorschach+test+ink+blots&dq=Fitzgerald+rorschach+test+ink+blots Shooting at the Moon: The Story of America's Clandestine War in Laos Roger Warner Steerforth Press 9781883642365 96045758 1049023213 1996 84 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
en figurative Something which reveals the intent or belief of a person.
en Scott A. Huscher, Appellant, v. Wells Fargo Bank, as Trustee, etc., Respondents Huscher v. Wells Fargo Bank 2004 Court of Appeal of California, Second District, Division Eight https://scholar.google.co.nz/scholar_case?case=4762807105489785361 Docket #B168103 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20201008065749/https://scholar.google.co.nz/scholar_case?case=4762807105489785361 8 October 2020
For Trump, the Truth in Minneapolis Is What He Says It Is Peter Baker 2026-01-25 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/politics/trump-truth-minneapolis-shootings.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20260206071836/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/us/politics/trump-truth-minneapolis-shootings.html 6 February 2026
en-US Cade Metz A Social Network for A.I. Bots Only. No Humans Allowed. The New York Times 2026-02-02 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/technology/moltbook-ai-social-media.html 0362-4331 The chatty bots became the talk of Silicon Valley and an elaborate Rorschach test for belief in the current state of A.I. According to countless posts on the internet and myriad interviews with The New York Times, many saw a technology that could make their lives easier. https://web.archive.org/web/20260204164558/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/technology/moltbook-ai-social-media.html 4 February 2026
Translations
method of psychological evaluation that uses subject's interpretations of inkblots
Catalan: ca test de Rorschach
Estonian: et Rorschachi test
Finnish: fi Rorschachin testi
French: fr test de Rorschach m
German: de Rorschachtest m
Greek: el τεστ Ρόρσαχ n
Hungarian: hu Rorschach-teszt
Italian: it
Polish: pl test Rorschacha m-in, pl test plam atramentowych m-in
Portuguese: pt teste de Rorschach m
Russian: ru тест Ро́ршаха m
Spanish: es test de Rorschach
Swedish: sv rorschachtest n
Turkish: tr Rorschach testi