"psychometry" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: psychometries [plural]
Etymology: psycho- + -metry Etymology templates: {{confix|en|psycho|metry}} psycho- + -metry Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} psychometry (countable and uncountable, plural psychometries)
  1. (parapsychology) The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Parapsychology, Fictional abilities, Parapsychology Translations (paranormal ability): 接觸感應 (Chinese Mandarin), 接触感应 (jiēchù gǎnyìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 心理測評 (Chinese Mandarin), 心理测评 (xīnlǐ cèpíng) (Chinese Mandarin), psykometri (Danish), genstandslæsning (Danish), psychometrie (Dutch), psykoskopia (Finnish), psykometria (Finnish), psychométrie (French), Psychometrie (German), मनोमिति (manomiti) (Hindi), psicometria (Italian), サイコメトリー (saikometorī) (Japanese), 사이코메트리 (saikometeuri) (Korean), psychometria (Polish), psicometria (Portuguese), psihometrie (Romanian), психометри́я (psixometríja) [feminine] (Russian), psihometrija [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), psicometría (Spanish), psykometri (Swedish), psikometri (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-psychometry-en-noun-C8bQTyzs Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 78 22 Disambiguation of Parapsychology: 89 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with psycho-, English terms suffixed with -metry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with psycho-: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -metry: 73 27 Topics: parapsychology, pseudoscience Disambiguation of 'paranormal ability': 92 8
  2. (psychology) The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychology Synonyms (the use of psychological tests to measure traits): psychometrics Translations (use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits): psychometrie [feminine] (Czech), síciméadracht [feminine] (Irish), психометри́я (psixometríja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-psychometry-en-noun-b~sdIhi4 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'the use of psychological tests to measure traits': 5 95 Disambiguation of 'use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: psychrometry

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