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  • noun a projective tests using bilaterally symmetrical inkblots; subjects state what they see in the inkblot

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Examples

  • "Rorschach" is a finger-breaking vigilante much like the satirical version.

    Fun with Intertextuality Roger Sutton 2008

  • Rorschach is an uncompromising vigilante who is brutal and unapologetic in his application of “justice.”

    Movie Review: Watchmen | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • Rorschach is clearly insane and not meant to be either heroic or likeable.

    Matthew Yglesias » The Trouble With Germany 2010

  • Rorschach is frequently cited as the fan-favorite character of Watchmen, and critics of the work often refer to him as the sociopathic “moral compass” of the work.

    The Moral Exemplars of Watchmen | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • Despite of course the glaring fact that Rorschach is the ultimate moral relativist.

    Movie Review: Watchmen | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • First, when Rorschach is set-up and captured by the police and his “face” removed, and second, where he meets his demise at the hands of Dr. Manhattan.

    REVIEW: Watchmen (Ryan) « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more 2009

  • Alluding to the many times during that 1992 campaign that she was called a Rorschach test for the American people, Clinton maintained that neither the devotion nor the virulent rage she inspired was about her, but rather was about the still recent rupture in the American social fabric that she represented: “I had been turned into a symbol for women of my generation.”

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • The enigmatic Rorschach is the first to suspect that the heroes are being targeted, whereupon he informs his former colleagues who make up the Watchmen.

    REVIEW: Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons 2008

  • Alluding to the many times during that 1992 campaign that she was called a Rorschach test for the American people, Clinton maintained that neither the devotion nor the virulent rage she inspired was about her, but rather was about the still recent rupture in the American social fabric that she represented: “I had been turned into a symbol for women of my generation.”

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

  • Alluding to the many times during that 1992 campaign that she was called a Rorschach test for the American people, Clinton maintained that neither the devotion nor the virulent rage she inspired was about her, but rather was about the still recent rupture in the American social fabric that she represented: “I had been turned into a symbol for women of my generation.”

    Big Girls Don’t Cry Rebecca Traister 2010

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