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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.


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Etymology

Origin of psychograph

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

Example Sentences

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This is not a conventional biography, but something that might be called a "psychograph."

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

But if Author Cason was right about his countrymen's taste in reading, most of them would never even see his "psychograph."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Steve," she began, "I was in charge of the psychograph tests taken of all the workers at the projectile operation after the first mishap—" "How did you know about the second?"

From Sabotage in Space by Glanzman, Louis

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