: having a brain of a specified kind
—used in combination
featherbrained
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American culture, society, and education broadly divides people into two separate intellectual camps from childhood: left brain thinkers adept at logic and math and right brained thinkers geared toward creativity.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
There is beauty in the idea that beaked whales are out there, truly wild, a corrective to our inflated sense that everything revolves around our own big-brained, thick-skulled species.
—J. B. MacKinnon, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2021
Growing competition from other auto makers, Mr. Musk’s split-brained focus on Twitter Inc., and waning Chinese demand have shaken confidence.
—Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
There is another, again poignant, possible explanation for the disappearance of the big-brained people.
—Richard Granger, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
There is beauty in the idea that beaked whales are out there, truly wild, a corrective to our inflated sense that everything revolves around our own big-brained, thick-skulled species.
—J. B. MacKinnon, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2021
Growing competition from other auto makers, Mr. Musk’s split-brained focus on Twitter Inc., and waning Chinese demand have shaken confidence.
—Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
There is another, again poignant, possible explanation for the disappearance of the big-brained people.
—Richard Granger, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022
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“Brained.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brained. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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