psychometriciann.
/ˌsʌɪkəmᵻˈtrɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkəməˈtrɪʃ(ə)n/ΘΚΠ
the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [noun] > power to divine by mere contact > one who
psychometer1853
psychometrist1854
psychometrician1866
1866 Ohio Democrat (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 8 June The Great English Astrologist, Clairvoyant, and Psychometrician..has now located herself at Hudson, N.Y.
2. An expert in or practitioner of psychometrics; an advocate of psychometric methods.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > experimental psychology > measurement of mental states > [noun] > practitioner of
psychometrician1911
psychometrist1914
the mind > mental capacity > psychology > mental action or process > psychology of mental action > [noun] > measurement of mental phenomena > expert or practitioner
psychometrician1911
psychometrist1914
1911 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 74 216 Another symptom of overwork to which this report draws attention, the passion for violent physical excitement, needs attention from the psychometrician.
1931 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 43 254 The ‘psychometricians’, Burt, Yoakum, Weidensall, and others, have brought mirror drawing to bear upon the standard problems of correlation with sex, intelligence, age, and other factors.
1975 Sci. Amer. July 128/1 In seeking to devise ‘culture-free’ tests of intelligence psychometricians are pursuing a chimera.
2003 Isis 94 689/2 If the psychometricians of the age were not willing to grant that the minds of little children were truly plastic in response to their surroundings,..professionals in the new field of child development were.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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