psychometry

[ sahy-kom-i-tree ]

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.

psychometry

/ 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

Derived Forms

• psychometrician, noun

Other Words From

• psycho·metric psycho·metri·cal adjective
• psy·chom·e·tri·cian [sahy-kom-i-, trish, -, uh, n], psy·chome·trist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychometry¹

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

Perhaps the most engaging pages in “Psychobook” are the ones that remind you that psychometry arose more or less concurrently with surrealism.

From The New Yorker

He rambled on about volts and dynamic psychometry and other hard words, which, though they break no bones, should be strictly confined in private dictionaries.

From Project Gutenberg

Really psychometry, depending on the sensitiveness of the brain, is a lower degree of clairvoyance, and is merged, in its clearest forms, therein.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg