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LEFT-HANDEDNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preference for using the left hand
Synonyms:
left-handedness; sinistrality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("left-handedness" is a kind of...):
handedness; laterality (the property of using one hand more than the other)
Derivation:
left-handed (using or intended for the left hand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The status of being born of a morganatic marriage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("left-handedness" is a kind of...):
position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)