eye-minded

American  

[ahy-mahyn-did] / ˈaɪˈmaɪn dɪd /

adjective

1. disposed to perceive one's environment in visual terms and to recall sights more vividly than sounds, smells, etc.

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Other Word Forms

• eye-mindedness noun

Etymology

Origin of eye-minded

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

Children who more readily recall things seen than things heard are called by psychologists "eye-minded," and most of us are bent in this direction.

From The Art of Public Speaking by Carnagey, Dale

For example, aside from the desirable rate of advance for each person, which has already been mentioned, a student maybe eye-minded, or ear- minded, or motor-minded.

From How to Study and Teaching How to Study by McMurry, Frank M. (Frank Morton)

We know how essentially eye-minded the Egyptian was, to use a modern psychological phrase—that is to say, how essential to him it seemed that all his conceptions should be visualized.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

This brilliancy of male plumage in the presence of the somber color of his mate would seem to indicate that the English sparrow is eye-minded rather than ear-minded.

From The Meaning of Evolution by Schmucker, Samuel Christian

The Visual Type.—The so-called "visuals," or "eye-minded" people among us, are numerically the largest class of the sensory population.

From The Story of the Mind by Baldwin, James Mark