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 /

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of psychometry

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

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Example Sentences

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psychometry

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

This, I insist, is a point of which we must not lose sight, lest we ask of psychometry more than it is obviously able to give us.

From The Wrack of the Storm by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos

The phenomena of psychometry are also dependent upon these radiations, as will presently be explained.

From Clairvoyance by C. W. (Charles Webster) Leadbeater

In the case of Clairvoyance, we have an instance of the simplest form of astral seeing, without the necessity of the "associated object" of psychometry, or the focal point of the crystal in crystal gazing.

From Clairvoyance and Occult Powers by Swami Panchadasi

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