inkblot test
noun
: any of several psychological tests (such as a Rorschach test) based on the interpretation of irregular figures (such as blots of ink)
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This brings us to the following image, which will likely be a Rorschach test (aka, the ‘inkblot test’) for United fans.
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Carl Anka, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Rorschach, who died in 1922, is best known for creating the inkblot test — an experiment in which patients are asked to interpret a series of abstract, symmetrical shapes.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Her initial expression becomes an inkblot test for the audience as the rest of the two-episode premiere plays out.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Still, the apparent friction between Soho House’s you-can’t-sit-with-us brand and Portland’s reputation for crunchy eccentricity has made the club a kind of inkblot test for locals’ opinions on the city’s evolving identity.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The premiere is something of an inkblot test.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2021
This is not to re-litigate Gurianov’s play, which tends to resemble an inkblot test.
—Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2022
Brewer shows me —views from the side, back, and top—look like a cross between a nice, fat slice of sausage and a Rorschach inkblot test.
—David Ewing Duncan, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
The three may have combined to produce post-sunset skies on the western horizon that seemed to represent a sort of meteorological inkblot test.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2022
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Carl Anka, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Rorschach, who died in 1922, is best known for creating the inkblot test — an experiment in which patients are asked to interpret a series of abstract, symmetrical shapes.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 9 Feb. 2025
Her initial expression becomes an inkblot test for the audience as the rest of the two-episode premiere plays out.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Oct. 2024
Still, the apparent friction between Soho House’s you-can’t-sit-with-us brand and Portland’s reputation for crunchy eccentricity has made the club a kind of inkblot test for locals’ opinions on the city’s evolving identity.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2024
The premiere is something of an inkblot test.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2021
This is not to re-litigate Gurianov’s play, which tends to resemble an inkblot test.
—Dallas News, 6 Apr. 2022
Brewer shows me —views from the side, back, and top—look like a cross between a nice, fat slice of sausage and a Rorschach inkblot test.
—David Ewing Duncan, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2019
The three may have combined to produce post-sunset skies on the western horizon that seemed to represent a sort of meteorological inkblot test.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2022
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