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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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Nearby words

  1. motor vessel,
  2. motor voter law,
  3. motor, electric,
  4. motor-,
  5. motor-boat,
  6. motor-mouth,
  7. motorable,
  8. motorbicycle,
  9. motorbike,
  10. motorboat
Compare ear-minded, eye-minded.

Origin of motor-minded

First recorded in 1895–1900
Related formsmo·tor-mind·ed·ness, noun
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for motor-minded

  • Motor-minded people are apt to talk easily, and to learn readily to speak foreign languages.

    Natural Wonders|Edwin Tenney Brewster

  • In the first case you are eye-minded; in the second, ear-minded; in the third, motor-minded.

    Natural Wonders|Edwin Tenney Brewster

  • Most of you will probably find yourselves, first eye-minded, then motor-minded.

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