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

We know how essentially eye-minded the Egyptian was, to use a modern psychological phrase—that is to say, how essential to him it seemed that all his conceptions should be visualized.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

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 Baldwin, James Mark

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

From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian

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

From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian

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 Carnagey, Dale