eye-minded

eye-minded
eye-mindedness, n.
/uy"muyn"did/, adj.
disposed to perceive one's environment in visual terms and to recall sights more vividly than sounds, smells, etc. Cf. ear-minded, motor-minded.
[1885-90]

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  • Eye-minded — Eye mind ed, a. Having one s mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one s thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images. {Eye mind ed*ness}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • eye-minded — eye mind·ed (iґmīnd əd) visile …   Medical dictionary

  • eye-minded — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Eye-mindedness — Eye minded Eye mind ed, a. Having one s mental imagery prevailingly of the visual type; having one s thoughts and memories mainly in the form of visual images. {Eye mind ed*ness}, n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • eye´-mind´ed|ness — eye mind|ed «Y MYN dihd», adjective. having a mental constitution chiefly or exclusively visual, so that thoughts and memories take the form of visual images: »Most consumers are “eye minded”: they must see an article to appreciate its merit… …   Useful english dictionary

  • eye-mind|ed — «Y MYN dihd», adjective. having a mental constitution chiefly or exclusively visual, so that thoughts and memories take the form of visual images: »Most consumers are “eye minded”: they must see an article to appreciate its merit (Bernice… …   Useful english dictionary

  • eye-mindedness — noun see eye minded …   Useful english dictionary

  • Ear-minded — Ear mind ed, a. (Physiol. Psychol.) Thinking chiefly or most readily through, or in terms related to, the sense of hearing; specif., thinking words as spoken, as a result of familiarity with speech or of mental peculiarity; opposed to {eye… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ear-minded — ear mindedness, n. /ear muyn did/, adj. tending to perceive one s environment in terms of sound and to recall sounds more vividly than sights, smells, etc. Cf. eye minded, motor minded. [1885 90] * * * …   Universalium

  • motor-minded — motor mindedness, n. /moh teuhr muyn did/, adj. disposed to perceive one s environment in terms of mechanical or muscular activity. Cf. ear minded, eye minded. [1895 1900] * * * …   Universalium

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