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Definition of "inkblot" [inkblot]

  • A blotted pattern of spilled ink. (noun)
  • A pattern resembling an inkblot that is used in inkblot tests, such as the Rorschach test. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "inkblot" in a sentence
  • "The title comes not from the company's namesake, Swiss psychoanalytic pioneer Hermann Rorschach and his inkblot test, but from the German word for inkblot, "kleck," which was Rorschach's nickname as a boy because he liked to draw, and from a childhood game he played making up stories based on shapes in inkblots."
  • "Nicholson wants his troops to focus mostly on the most populated towns, adhering to the so-called inkblot concept -- once you control populated areas, control seeps outwards."
  • "He dubbed the approach the "inkblot" strategy, for how counterinsurgency would slowly spread, village by village, on the map."