"thin-slice" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: thin-slices [present, singular, third-person], thin-slicing [participle, present], thin-sliced [participle, past], thin-sliced [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from thin-slicing. Etymology templates: {{backform|en|thin-slicing}} Back-formation from thin-slicing Head templates: {{en-verb}} thin-slice (third-person singular simple present thin-slices, present participle thin-slicing, simple past and past participle thin-sliced)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, psychology) To make quick inferences about something through thin-slicing. Tags: intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Psychology

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