psychometry

American  

[sahy-kom-i-tree] / saɪˈkɒm ɪ tri /

noun

1. Psychology. psychometrics.

2. the alleged art or faculty of divining facts concerning an object or a person associated with it, by contact with or proximity to the object.

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psychometry British  

/ saɪˈkɒmɪtrɪ, ˌsaɪkəʊməˈtrɪʃən /

noun

1. measurement and testing of mental states and processes See also psychometrics

2. (in parapsychology) the supposed ability to deduce facts about events by touching objects related to them

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Other Word Forms

• psychometric
  adjective
• psychometrical
  adjective
• psychometrician
  noun
• psychometrist
  noun

Etymology

Origin of psychometry

First recorded in 1850–55; psycho- + -metry

Example Sentences

The definition varies depending on whom you ask but here, in addition to animal telepathy, the school offers instruction in angel-channeling, mind-reading, psychometry and communication with spirits of the dead.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2018

But according to our psychometry reading, which is governed by our individual psychic powers .

From Time Magazine Archive

The learned collaborators of Johnson’s Cyclopedia were unwilling even to have the science of psychometry mentioned in it, and it was introduced by the publisher against their protest.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 5 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

Royal criminals have escaped condemnation; but the recent review of Napoleon’s career by Taine gives a just philosophic estimate of the man, which coincides with the impartial estimation of psychometry.

From Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6 by Buchanan, Joseph R. (Joseph Rodes)

The experiments of Denton recorded in his Soul of Things are full of interest for those who would learn something more about the phenomena of psychometry.

From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial