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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The interest in unusual men has led to the psychograph or psychological analysis of the qualities of great men, as an individual study.

From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.

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