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thin slice en · NOUN
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A minimal amount of information or experience used to make quick inferences about something through thin-slicing.
Bernieri is an expert in what's known as "thin-slicing methodology". His research is based on the theory that we make a reasonably accurate assessment of a person from observing just a few seconds, or a "thin slice", of their behaviour.
2009 March 7, Rosie Ifould, “Acting on impulse”, in The Guardian:
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