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sinistrality

sinistrality Sinistrality is left-handedness, the term corresponding to dextrality.

Sinistrality is left-handedness, the term corresponding to dextrality. In this historical usage, it refers to the asymmetry of hand preference in which the left hand is the preferred or more developed hand.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Dextrality” (Dextrality).
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