projective
Americanadjective
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of or relating to projection.
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produced, or capable of being produced, by projection.
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Psychology. of, relating to, or noting a test or technique for revealing the hidden motives or underlying personality structure of an individual by the use of ambiguous or unstructured test materials, as ink blots, cloud pictures, or cartoons, that encourage spontaneous responses.
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Another of his primitive mechanisms is projection and its more severe form, "projective identification."
From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2023
This mechanism of projective identification creates a powerful yet unconscious contract between the two to keep enacting the same ritual.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2023
In such a mutually projective scheme, anyone who shows interest is disqualified.
From Slate ● Aug. 1, 2021
Smaller topological surfaces, the surfaces we call compact, have a nice classification: they are all combinations of tori and projective planes.
From Scientific American ● Nov. 5, 2017
However, Poncelet had no idea that projective geometry would reveal the mysterious nature of zero, because the second important advance, the complex plane, was still needed.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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