What is another word for handedness?

Pronunciation: [hˈandɪdnəs] (IPA)

Handedness refers to a person's predilection to use either their left or right hand for tasks requiring dexterity. However, it is commonly mistaken that handedness only refers to the hands. In reality, handedness encompasses the entire physical and mental dominance of one side of the body over the other. Some possible synonyms of the word handedness include manual preference, laterality, chirality, and left-right asymmetry. Additionally, handedness can be categorized as either left-handedness, right-handedness, or ambidexterity, which is the ability to use both hands with equal ease. Understanding handedness can help tailor teaching methods, assist in professional sports career decisions, and aid in kinesthetic remodeling of patients after brain injury.

What are the hypernyms for Handedness?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Handedness?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Handedness

There are no lapses, no fogs and mysteries, no total inadequacies, no brutalities and left-handedness-and no dark gleams of the divinity, about these amused bright people of five hundred years ahead, who are overtaken by the great solar catastrophe.
"Underground Man"
Gabriel Tarde
But, messieurs, one question: Knowing I am determined to restore these jewels to their owner, why this open handedness?
"Alias The Lone Wolf"
Louis Joseph Vance
This readiness, for instance, not to trouble about money, this free-handedness-it was not only what one admired in others, admired in others perhaps more than anything else, but it was extraordinarily useful to the professional classes.
"The Enchanted April"
Elizabeth von Arnim

Famous quotes with Handedness

  • You should not quarrel with your neighbour, for he will remain where he is, but your high handedness will become the talk of the people.
    Abu Bakr

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