myopia
noun/maɪˈəʊpiə/
/maɪˈəʊpiə/
[uncountable]- (specialist) the condition of being unable to see things clearly when they are far away synonym short sight, short-sightedness
- (formal, disapproving) the state of being unable to see what the results of a particular action or decision will be; the failure to think about anything outside your own situation
- The cancellation of the popular show was a result of managerial myopia.
- cultural myopia
Word Originearly 18th cent.: modern Latin, from late Greek muōpia, from Greek muōps, from muein ‘to shut’ + ōps ‘eye’.
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