visucentric

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adjective

Designed in a manner that is visually optimal for deaf and hard-of-hearing people; pertaining to designs that focus on visual access.

“Much of the poetry included in John Lee Clark's Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology is visucentric.”

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Meanings

adjectivevisucentric (comparative more visucentric, superlative most visucentric)

comparative more visucentric · superlative most visucentric · alternative visu-centric · alternative visuocentric

  1. Designed in a manner that is visually optimal for deaf and hard-of-hearing people; pertaining to designs that focus on visual access.

    In a visucentric world, spatial awareness comes from cues that are subtle and may go unnoticed to the hearing. (Deaf Diverse Design Guide web site)

  2. Of art, literature, etc.: focusing mainly on what the eyes perceive.

    Much of the poetry included in John Lee Clark's Deaf American Poetry: An Anthology is visucentric.

Origin

From visu- + -centric.

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APA

visucentric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visucentric

MLA

“visucentric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visucentric. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “visucentric,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/visucentric.

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