Both-handedness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Ambidexterity. uncountable
"It has been claimed by some modern scientists that ambidexterity, or both-handedness, is the natural condition of the race, and that the use of one hand or the other by preference is an acquired habit belonging to the period of development in childhood."
- 2 The property of involving two sides, approaches, or orientations. uncountable
"Serving God with one hand and the devil with the other is a style of both-handedness from which we may well pray to be saved."
Example
More examples"It has been claimed by some modern scientists that ambidexterity, or both-handedness, is the natural condition of the race, and that the use of one hand or the other by preference is an acquired habit belonging to the period of development in childhood."
Etymology
From both-handed + -ness.
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