Synonyms for litmus test
lit·mus test

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1. litmus, litmus testnoun

   a coloring material (obtained from lichens) that turns red in acid solutions and blue in alkaline solutions; used as a very rough acid-base indicator

   Synonyms:
   litmus

2. litmus testnoun

   a test that relies on a single indicator

   "her litmus test for good breeding is whether you split infinitives"

   Synonyms:
   litmus

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1. • Acid-base Indicator
   • Examination

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1. Mark DeMoss:

   We don't apply it in business, in school, hiring of a plumber, a painter or an architect, there is nothing else we do in life where this person has to be my stripe of Christian or I won't work with them. I think it is a double standard litmus test.

2. Aleta Ledendecker:

   This is the litmus test I use: if I were a Christian parent walking in the school, and I heard over the PA system during morning announcements music with the words ‘Praise Allah. Allah is king on high. Bow down to Allah,’ how would I feel as a Christian parent with that being broadcast to all the children in the schools.

3. Richard Blumenthal:

   If you fail to be explicit and forthcoming and definite in your responses, we have to assume that you will pass the Trump litmus test.

4. Artem Shevalev:

   We are expecting the next court rulings (on PrivatBank's nationalization) some time in July, that is your litmus test.

5. Maya Berry:

   I know of no other religious community that has this kind of litmus test applied to it.