psychograph

[sahy-kuh-graf, -grahf]

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

a psychologically oriented biography.

Origin of psychograph

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

Related formspsy·cho·graph·ic

[sahy-kuh-graf-ik] /ˌsaɪ kəˈgræf ɪk/, adjectivepsy·cho·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

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The slashing sword has been displaced by the psychographic pen.
The Supernatural in Modern English Fiction
Dorothy Scarborough
It would require several trials to guess of what particular occupation this is a psychographic picture.
Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods
Harry L. Hollingworth
It is at these points that the psychographic methods find their task.
Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods
Harry L. Hollingworth

Word Origin and History for psychographic

adj.

also psycho-graphic, 1856, from psychograph "supernatural photographic image," from psycho- + -graph. Related: Psychographics.

psychographic in Medicine

[sī′kə-grăf′]

A graphic representation or chart of the personality traits of an individual or group.

Related formspsy′cho•graph′ic adj.