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ideomotor definition

ideo·mo·tor (id′ē ō′mōt′ər, -ē ə-; ī′dē-)

adjective

Psychol. designating or of an unconscious body movement made in response to an idea

Etymology: ideo- + motor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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