psychodiagnosisn.
/ˌsʌɪkəʊdʌɪəɡˈnəʊsɪs/, U.S. /ˌsaɪkoʊˌdaɪəɡˈnoʊsəs/ Psychology.
The diagnosis of a psychiatric or abnormal psychological condition; an instance of this. Also: psychological assessment (esp. of character) by such means as the Rorschach test, personality profiling, etc.; the branch of psychology that deals with this. Cf. psychodiagnostics n.
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the mind > mental capacity > psychology > psychology of personality > testing of personality > [noun]
psychodiagnosis1909
psychography1910
psychodiagnostics1911
psychodiagnostic1933
1909 T. A. Williams in Jrnl. Abnormal Psychol. 4 188 Overconscientiousness is quickly developed by such procedure; but, again, psycho-diagnosis will eliminate the danger.
1913 Psychol. Bull. 10 353 Hirt emphasizes the need of much more empirical work before a psycho-diagnosis from writing can be thoroughly grounded.
1943 Rev. Educ. Res. 8 480 Clinical psychodiagnosis is necessary but the time required must be reduced to a minimum.
1969 J. E. Exner Rorschach Syst. i. 5 Rorschach might well be appalled were he to perceive how the technique is utilized in contemporary psychodiagnosis.
1981 T. M. Caine et al. Personal Styles in Neurosis vii. 100 In nosological psychiatry personal complaints are objectified and referred to as symptoms and form the basis of psychodiagnosis.
1997 S. D. Churchill in R. Valle Phenomenological Inq. Psychol. viii. 178 The term ‘psychodiagnosis’ became employed to refer to a process of seeing that could penetrate ‘through’ (dia) to the depth's of another's psychological life.
2013 J. M. Spores Clinician's Guide Psychol. Assessm. & Testing Pref. p. xviii. The corollary is to improve the quality and accuracy of psychodiagnosis, and to adequately address associated referral questions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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