"left-handedness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From left-handed + -ness. Etymology templates: {{af|en|left-handed|-ness}} left-handed + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} left-handedness (uncountable)
  1. The state of being left-handed. Wikipedia link: left-handedness Tags: uncountable Synonyms: mancinism, sinistrality, lefthandedness Hypernyms: ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, handedness Related terms: eyedness, footedness Translations (state of being left-handed): vasenkätisyys (Finnish), gaucherie [feminine] (French), sinistralité [feminine] [technical, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (French), Linkshändigkeit [feminine] (German), Sinistralität [feminine] [technical, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences] (German), αριστεροχειρία (aristerocheiría) [feminine] (Greek), balkezesség (Hungarian), leworęczność [feminine] (Polish), sinistralidade [feminine] (Portuguese), ľaváctvo (Slovak), ľavorukosť (Slovak), zurdera [feminine] (Spanish), zurdería [feminine] (Spanish), lateralidad zurda [feminine] (Spanish), vänsterhänthet [common-gender] (Swedish), nedetaskil (Volapük)

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