psychodiagnostics

[sahy-koh-dahy-uhg-nos-tiks]

psy·cho·di·ag·nos·tics

[sahy-koh-dahy-uhg-nos-tiks]
noun (used with a singular verb)
the study and evaluation of character or personality in terms of behavioral and anatomical traits, as gesture, posture and physiognomy.

Origin:
1930–35; see psychodiagnostic, -ics

psy·cho·di·ag·nos·tic, adjective
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Psychodiagnostics has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.
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