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MMPI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A self-report personality inventory consisting of 550 items that describe feelings or actions which the person is asked to agree with or disagree with; many scales estimating traits and qualities of personality have been developed using MMPI items
Synonyms:
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory; MMPI
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("MMPI" is a kind of...):
self-report inventory; self-report personality inventory (a personality inventory in which a person is asked which of a list of traits and characteristics describe her or him or to indicate which behaviors and hypothetical choices he or she would make)