blindism

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An idiosyncratic behaviour associated with blind people.

   “[…] Anne's mother was chopping what smelled like onions. Nervously, I stuck out my hand to shake hers—a “blindism,” I realized even as I did it, since I knew her hands were busy and messy.”

2. isim A stereotypy characteristic of blind people, such as eye-rubbing or hand-flapping.

   “He frequently has ‘blindism’ habits. His joints are usually lax, and his muscles flabby, and it is still more deplorable that he often has no joy in movement, and his emotional and muscular energy find a blind alley output in finger tappings, head shakings, body rockings, etc.[…]”