motor-minded

[moh-ter-mahyn-did]

adjective

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

Compare ear-minded, eye-minded.

Origin of motor-minded

First recorded in 1895–1900

Related formsmo·tor-mind·ed·ness, noun

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Historical Examples of 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.
Natural Wonders
Edwin Tenney Brewster