inkblot

noun

ink·blot ˈiŋk-ˌblät

variants or ink blot or ink-blot

: a blot of ink

: any of several cards showing blots of ink for use in psychological testing

also : inkblot test

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Graham never expressly defines founder mode in his essay, and in the more than 72 hours of intense—and occasionally bizarre—online discourse that followed Graham’s essay, the topic seemed to take on a Rorschach test quality as people projected their own ideals onto Graham’s inkblot. —

Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2024 Photograph courtesy the author My first reaction is to try to discern beings in the shapes of the objects, as if in a Rorschach test whose inkblots have been replaced by pieces of clothing and lingerie. —

Annie Ernaux, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024 Congress has eagerly reduced itself to a constitutional inkblot to hide from accountability and the risk of primary challenges to retain incumbents. —

Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 7 July 2024 In truth, the administration’s Syria policy resembled a Rorschach inkblot—an ambiguous shape to which observers could ascribe their own preferred meaning. —

Frances Z. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2019 See all Example Sentences for inkblot