cold read

Verb

transitive intransitive

Japanese Meaning

（コールドリーディングという手法を用いて）人物の特徴や状態を推測する / （コールドリーディング技法を使って）対象の人物について推測や判断を行う

What is this buttons?

During the audition, the director cold read the new actor and adjusted the role to match his natural strengths.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

オーディション中、監督は新人俳優をコールドリーディングで読み取り、彼の持つ自然な強みに合わせて役を調整した。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To infer characteristics of (a person) using cold reading.

A few years ago Mort had barely been able to crawl out of his bottle long enough to cold-read credulous idiots into believing he could speak to their dead loved ones.

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Details

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To make inferences about a person using the practice of cold reading.

In spiritualism research, feedback is often used — this can be interpreted as giving the medium the chance to 'cold read'. However, feedback may be necessary […]

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