motonormativity
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motonormativity
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From moto- (“motor car”) + normativity. Coined by professors Ian Walker, Alan Tapp, and Adrian Davis from Swansea University in a 2023 study.
noun motornormativity
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An unconscious cognitive bias in which the assumption is made that motor car ownership and use is an unremarkable social norm.
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.
Similar: car brain, windshield bias
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noun cognitive bias
| Português | motonormatividade, motornormatividade |
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title = {motonormativity},
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year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/motonormativity},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
