myopia
a seeing defect
TRANSLATION
myopia = die Kurzsichtigkeit myopic = kurzsichtig (woerterbuch.info) --- GOOGLE INDEX myopia: approximately 2,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
The decline of Detroit's giant automakers is not a new phenomenon, a bad break that can be blamed on President Bush or the credit meltdown. Rather, it has been a relentless 25-year series of mistakes and MYOPIA.
(The Detroit Free Press)
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Our linguistic and cultural MYOPIA is losing us friends, business and respect in the world."
- J. William Fulbright, U.S. politician
(The Detroit Free Press)
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Our linguistic and cultural MYOPIA is losing us friends, business and respect in the world."
- J. William Fulbright, U.S. politician
Did you
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myopia
noun
- A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness.
- A lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
myopic (adjective)
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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WORD ORIGIN
Myopia, as it is medically termed, is a vision condition in which close objects are seen clearly, but objects farther away appear blurred. Also called nearsightedness or short sightedness, this condition occurs if the eyeball is too long or the cornea, the clear front cover of the eye, has too much curvature. As a result, the light entering the eye isn’t focused correctly and distant objects look blurred. Myopia stems from the Late Greek myopia "near-sightedness," from myops "near-sighted," from myein "to shut" + ops "eye."
Myopia is used in a figurative sense to describe not having a long-term view or not seeing things from a different perspective. This might also be referred to as not seeing the "big picture" or "not able to see the forest for the trees."
A company that bases most of its decisions on the value of its stock without taking into consideration other factors can be described as myopic for instance.
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SYNONYMS
short sightedness, nearsightedness, lack of foresight, blindness
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Many politicians are myopic because they are elected only for a short period of time."
noun
- A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness.
- A lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning.
myopic (adjective)
(The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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WORD ORIGIN
Myopia, as it is medically termed, is a vision condition in which close objects are seen clearly, but objects farther away appear blurred. Also called nearsightedness or short sightedness, this condition occurs if the eyeball is too long or the cornea, the clear front cover of the eye, has too much curvature. As a result, the light entering the eye isn’t focused correctly and distant objects look blurred. Myopia stems from the Late Greek myopia "near-sightedness," from myops "near-sighted," from myein "to shut" + ops "eye."
Myopia is used in a figurative sense to describe not having a long-term view or not seeing things from a different perspective. This might also be referred to as not seeing the "big picture" or "not able to see the forest for the trees."
A company that bases most of its decisions on the value of its stock without taking into consideration other factors can be described as myopic for instance.
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SYNONYMS
short sightedness, nearsightedness, lack of foresight, blindness
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SMUGGLE OWAD INTO TODAY'S CONVERSATION:
"Many politicians are myopic because they are elected only for a short period of time."
