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psychometry

[ sahy-kom-i-tree ]

noun

  1. Psychology. psychometrics.
  2. the alleged art or faculty of divining facts concerning an object or a person associated with it, by contact with or proximity to the object.


psychometry

/ saɪˈkɒmɪtrɪ; ˌsaɪkəʊməˈtrɪʃən /

noun

  1. measurement and testing of mental states and processes See also psychometrics
  2. (in parapsychology) the supposed ability to deduce facts about events by touching objects related to them
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • psychometrician, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • c·۾ c·۾· adjective
  • ·dz··ٰ· [sahy-kom-i-, trish, -, uh, n], ·dz·ٰ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of psychometry1

First recorded in 1850–55; psycho- + -metry
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Example Sentences

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The definition varies depending on whom you ask but here, in addition to animal telepathy, the school offers instruction in angel-channeling, mind-reading, psychometry and communication with spirits of the dead.

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Perhaps the most engaging pages in “Psychobook” are the ones that remind you that psychometry arose more or less concurrently with surrealism.

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He rambled on about volts and dynamic psychometry and other hard words, which, though they break no bones, should be strictly confined in private dictionaries.

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Really psychometry, depending on the sensitiveness of the brain, is a lower degree of clairvoyance, and is merged, in its clearest forms, therein.

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The phenomena of psychometry are also dependent upon these radiations, as will presently be explained.

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