projective

American  

[pruh-jek-tiv] / prəˈdʒɛk tɪv /

adjective

1. of or relating to projection.

2. produced, or capable of being produced, by projection.

3. 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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projective British  

/ prəˈdʒɛktɪv /

adjective

1. relating to or concerned with projection

   projective geometry

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Other Word Forms

• nonprojective adjective
• projectively adverb
• projectivity noun
• unprojective adjective

Etymology

Origin of projective

First recorded in 1625–35; project + -ive

Example Sentences

"Before you used to look at projective images to try to figure out what was really going on. Now you have a direct probe to actually see after every single step and have a better grasp of, oh, I put the temperature this high, and then this is what it looks like."

From Science Daily

This capacity to falsely redefine others by projecting into them one’s own traits is called projective identification.

From Salon

Another of his primitive mechanisms is projection and its more severe form, "projective identification."

From Salon

Klein introduced the term "projective identification," which has taken on a variety of meanings, but "envious reversal" refers to something quite specific.

From Salon

Projective identification captures how people become entangled in each other’s projections.

From Washington Post