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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A psychological test in which a subject's responses to ambiguous or unstructured standard stimuli, such as a series of cartoons, abstract patterns, or incomplete sentences, are analyzed in order to determine underlying personality traits, feelings, or attitudes.
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- noun any personality test designed to yield information about someone's personality on the basis of their unrestricted response to ambiguous objects or situations
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