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footedness

footedness

1 8.1
A preference for using one foot for actions like kicking or stepping
  • noun
  • /ˈfutɪdnəs/
  • Specialized
: preferencia de pie
  • sure-footedness

Examples

  • The field of African art studies is the poorer for its slow-footedness in these matters.

    Academic text (1998)

  • This is because the vast majority of people who have lost their feet have done so because of accidents or other environmental factors, not due to a gene for one-footedness.

    Blog text (2)

  • Nor had it been essential to put the heavy emphasis that I apply with such "heavy-footedness" as I do in this particular bit of irony, as we must now do in the case of earlier Mars landings.

    Blog text (6)

  • Children often show different levels of footedness when learning to kick a ball, favoring one foot over the other.

  • Athletes may train to improve their footedness, which helps them become more balanced during sports activities.

  • Assessing a child's footedness can help determine which foot they prefer for jumping or running.

Synonyms

sidedness
vsfootedness
  • Specialized
1 7.7

A preference for using one side of the body, for example one hand

refers specifically to preferring one foot for kicking and stepping

Surface Forms

footedness singular
footednesses plural

Morphology

footedness = footed (semi-transparent) = foot + ed + ness

The formation from 'foot' -> 'footed' -> 'footedness' is morphologically regular, but the specialized meaning 'preference for one foot' relies on analogy (e.g., 'handedness') rather than a directly obvious sense of 'footed' for all learners.

Etymology

The word footedness is made from foot plus the ending -ness, and it is like the common word handedness that shows which hand you prefer. It means a 'preference for one foot', for example being 'left-footed' or 'right-footed', so you can remember it as which foot you naturally use.