Thread: What is the term for a hand which is not dominant?
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Old 03-05-2012, 02:18 PM   #1
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What is the term for a hand which is not dominant?
For right-handed people, their right hand is called their "dominant" hand. What is the term used to describe the non-dominant hand? "Submissive" seems inappropriate. "Non-dominant" seems kludgy. "Recessive" sounds like a term more appropriate to the field of genetics.

I found lots of information on left- vs. right-handedness when I googled this question, but not a term for the hand which is not dominant.

Anyone have a bead on this?
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