eye-minded

American  

[ahy-mahyn-did] / ˈaɪˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

1. disposed to perceive one's environment in visual terms and to recall sights more vividly than sounds, smells, etc.

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Other Word Forms

• eye-mindedness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of eye-minded

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

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eye-minded

Children who more readily recall things seen than things heard are called by psychologists "eye-minded," and most of us are bent in this direction.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnagey

The Visual Type.—The so-called "visuals," or "eye-minded" people among us, are numerically the largest class of the sensory population.

From The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin

For example, aside from the desirable rate of advance for each person, which has already been mentioned, a student maybe eye-minded, or ear- minded, or motor-minded.

From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by Frank M. (Frank Morton) McMurry

But Madam English Sparrow was apparently eye-minded rather than ear-minded.

From The Meaning of Evolution by Samuel Christian Schmucker

It is true among human beings that most of them are eye-minded.

From The Meaning of Evolution by Samuel Christian Schmucker