Rorschach test
noun
variants
or less commonly Rorschach
or Rorschach inkblot test
: a projective psychological test that uses a subject's interpretation of 10 standard black or colored inkblot designs to assess personality traits and emotional tendencies
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Automation in the 1940s Cotton Fields Automation is a bit of a Rorschach test for anyone interested in workers’ rights.
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JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Its gleaming shell looks like a Rorschach test of ink black and golden orange.
—Rachel Carlson, NPR, 8 June 2024
So, maybe Seinfeld gives us another answer to this Rorschach test of a riddle: that startups and their metrics, like the Olympics, can become games of inches.
—Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 June 2024
The government app — known as CBP One — has become a key piece of that debate, and a sort of Rorschach test.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2024
Dawn in this island village is a dissipating memory—a Rorschach test of clouds, backlit by the fiery rising sun that pours through the Moorish windows of my bedroom.
—Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2023
But in truth, the WHO is like a Rorschach test, with each of its different constituents seeing in it a different agency that should prioritize different goals.
—Ashish Jha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
The photo is a Rorschach test, a purposeful mixed message.
—Diane Winston, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
Simpson was, and even in death, still is something of a Rorschach test — definitely for Angelenos, but really for all Americans.
—Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Its gleaming shell looks like a Rorschach test of ink black and golden orange.
—Rachel Carlson, NPR, 8 June 2024
So, maybe Seinfeld gives us another answer to this Rorschach test of a riddle: that startups and their metrics, like the Olympics, can become games of inches.
—Byallie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 June 2024
The government app — known as CBP One — has become a key piece of that debate, and a sort of Rorschach test.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2024
Dawn in this island village is a dissipating memory—a Rorschach test of clouds, backlit by the fiery rising sun that pours through the Moorish windows of my bedroom.
—Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 May 2023
But in truth, the WHO is like a Rorschach test, with each of its different constituents seeing in it a different agency that should prioritize different goals.
—Ashish Jha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2021
The photo is a Rorschach test, a purposeful mixed message.
—Diane Winston, The Conversation, 31 May 2024
Simpson was, and even in death, still is something of a Rorschach test — definitely for Angelenos, but really for all Americans.
—Erika D. Smith, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
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