Usually means: Assessment revealing someone's true intentions.
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We found 27 dictionaries that define the word litmus test:

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  1. litmus test: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. litmus test: Merriam-Webster
  3. litmus test: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. litmus test: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. litmus test: Collins English Dictionary
  6. litmus test: Vocabulary.com
  7. litmus-test, litmus test: Wordnik
  8. litmus test: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. litmus test: Wiktionary
  10. litmus test: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. litmus test: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. litmus test: Dictionary.com
  13. Litmus test (chemistry), Litmus test (politics), Litmus test: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. litmus test: Rhymezone
  15. litmus test: FreeDictionary.org
  16. litmus test: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. litmus test: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Litmus test (chemistry), litmus test: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Litmus test: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Litmus test (chemistry), litmus test: Medical dictionary
  3. Litmus test: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. litmus test: Idioms
  2. litmus test: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Litmus Test: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (litmus test)

noun:  (chemistry) A simple, binary test for the acidity or alkalinity of a substance, using litmus paper.
noun:  (figuratively, by extension) Any test which produces a binary, decisive result (for example, determining whether to appoint someone to a job) by measuring a single indicator.

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