projective
adjective
pro·jec·tive
prə-ˈjek-tiv 
1
: relating to, produced by, or involving geometric projection
2
psychology
: of, relating to, or being a technique, device, or test (such as the Rorschach test) that presents unstructured or ambiguous material (such as inkblots or sentence elements) to elicit interpretive responses revealing personality structure
The Rorschach came to be known as a projective technique—the subject projects his or her anxieties and desires onto ambiguous images …—
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projectively
adverb
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Another projective test, TAT consists of a series of cards with a variety of scenes on them.
—Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2018
Human beings have projective abilities, and this capacity to project the self in time—into both the past and the future—is the core of the imagination.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2012
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Lacy Schley, Discover Magazine, 1 July 2018
Human beings have projective abilities, and this capacity to project the self in time—into both the past and the future—is the core of the imagination.
—Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2012
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projective
adjective
pro·jec·tive
prə-ˈjek-tiv
: of, relating to, or being a technique, device, or test (as the Rorschach test) designed to analyze the psychodynamic constitution of an individual by presenting unstructured or ambiguous material (as inkblots, pictures, and sentence elements) that will elicit interpretive responses revealing personality structure
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