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Definition of "right-brained" []

  • Having the right brain dominant. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to the thought processes involved in creativity and imagination, generally associated with the right brain. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to a person whose behavior is dominated by emotion, creativity, intuition, nonverbal communication, and global reasoning rather than logic and analysis. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "right-brained" in a sentence
  • "I have become almost entirely right-brained, which is the creative side, and by overrelying on that side, I opened myself up for a severe depression when I had an emotional trauma."
  • "And it seems natural that writers would be heavily right-brained."
  • "So, being Good at Writing and Creative meant I was right-brained, which naturally meant that my left brain was less-than, and left-brainedness is responsible for Good at Math and Logical."