Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

motonormativity

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: motonor-ma-tiv-i-ty
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An unconscious cognitive bias in which the assumption is made that motor car ownership and use is an unremarkable social norm.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Decisions about motor transport, by individuals and policy-makers, show unconscious biases due to cultural assumptions about the role of private cars - a phenomenon we term motonormativity."

Etymology

From moto- (“motor car”) + normativity. Coined by professors Ian Walker, Alan Tapp, and Adrian Davis from Swansea University in a 2023 study.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

motornormativity (alternative)

Synonyms

car brain windshield bias

Questions

What does motonormativity mean?: An unconscious cognitive bias in which the assumption is made that motor car ownership and use is an unremarkable social norm.
Where does motonormativity come from?: From moto- (“motor car”) + normativity. Coined by professors Ian Walker, Alan Tapp, and Adrian Davis from Swansea University in a 2023 study.

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