motor-minded

[ moh-ter-mahyn-did ]

/ ˈmoʊ tərˌmaɪn dɪd /

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adjective

disposed to perceive one's environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity.

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Compare ear-minded, eye-minded.

Origin of motor-minded

First recorded in 1895–1900

OTHER WORDS FROM motor-minded

mo·tor-mind·ed·ness, noun

Words nearby motor-minded

motoring, motorist, motorize, motor lorry, motorman, motor-minded, motor-mouth, motor nerve, motor neuron, motor neuron disease, motor neurone disease

How to use motor-minded in a sentence

The world is changing, and men really could use a movement—just not the misogynistic, conspiracy-minded one they have now.
Men Need A Better Men’s Rights Movement|Nancy Kaffer|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But all fair-minded Americans should get behind this push for real equality and protections in the lives of all Americans.
State of LGBT Rights: Married on Sunday, but Fired on Monday|Gene Robinson|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They can hear the sound of his boat's motor, growing louder as it comes over the horizon.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We can always use people who are community-minded [like him].
LAPD Foundation: Mark Wahlberg Would Make a Good Reserve Cop|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

There were likewise people who could have mobilized actors, students, reform-minded Communists and even trade unionists.
How Havel Inspired the Velvet Revolution|Michael Zantovsky|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They will reach you by the hands of Mr. Mackenzie, a worldly-minded Scotch merchant, but honest as to earthly things.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
To think,” said the younger Englishwoman to her sister, “of this wee mite travelling about in an open motor!
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
You may imagine the effect this missive produced upon the proud, high-minded doctor of divinity.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
He was an outlaw, hunted and despised, depending for his life on the caprice of a fickle-minded woman.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
High-minded and possessing a keen sense of honor himself, he had an instinctive aversion to anything mean or low in others.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow