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projective
[ pruh-jek-tiv ]
adjective
- of or relating to projection.
- produced, or capable of being produced, by projection.
- Psychology. of, relating to, or noting a test or technique for revealing the hidden motives or underlying personality structure of an individual by the use of ambiguous or unstructured test materials, as ink blots, cloud pictures, or cartoons, that encourage spontaneous responses.
projective
/ prəˈdʒɛktɪv /
adjective
- relating to or concerned with projection
projective geometry
Derived Forms
- proˈjectively, adverb
Other Words From
- pro·jective·ly adverb
- pro·jec·tiv·i·ty [proh-jek-, tiv, -i-tee], noun
- nonpro·jective adjective
- unpro·jective adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of projective1
Example Sentences
She and Abramson’s team, she wrote, were applying tests of “continuity of personality” to psychedelic patients, “and it looks very promising. I am going to take it—the drug I mean—myself early in November and we are setting it up experimentally with various people making predictions on how it will affect me. So people who have given me projective tests etc are being asked to make sealed predictions. Would you like to make one?”
This capacity to falsely redefine others by projecting into them one’s own traits is called projective identification.
This primitive process, called projective identification, is evident in his recent statements such as, "There's a level of hatred that I've never seen" in Democrats, and that they are "savage animals; they're people that are sick."
Another of his primitive mechanisms is projection and its more severe form, "projective identification."
It is not surprising that this manipulation takes the form of fascist-style propaganda, including conspiracy theories about the deep state as well as projective impulses.
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