What is the term for a hand which is not dominant?

SzczerbiakManiac · 03-05-2012, 02:18 PM

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?

03-05-2012, 02:18 PM	#1
SzczerbiakManiac "ZER-bee-ak" Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,409	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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