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psychograph

American  
[sahy-kuh-graf, -grahf] / ˈsaɪ kəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /

noun

  1. Psychology. a graph indicating the relative strength of the personality traits of an individual.

  2. a psychologically oriented biography.


Other Word Forms

  • psychographic adjective
  • psychographically adverb

Etymology

Origin of psychograph

First recorded in 1880–85; psycho- + -graph

Example Sentences

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A kind of psychograph may explain and link these three plays.

From Time Magazine Archive

His psychograph is to be found mainly in the emotional autobiography he has transformed into comedy routines and then movie art.

From Time Magazine Archive

H. C. Lavery of Minneapolis contributed a "psychograph," a hemispherical metal framework which is fitted over the head.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 90� in the Shade he drew a biting "psychograph" of the South.

From Time Magazine Archive

They held me in the tower for a month trying to make me take the psychograph rehabilitation.

From On the Trail of the Space Pirates by Glanzman, Louis