Associations to the word «Psychometry»

Wiktionary

PSYCHOMETRY, noun. The paranormal ability to discover information about an object's past, and especially about its past owners, merely by handling it.
PSYCHOMETRY, noun. (psychology) The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits.

Dictionary definition

PSYCHOMETRY, noun. Any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats