from www.m-w.com
- Main Entry:
- my·o·pia
- Pronunciation:
- \mī-ˈō-pē-ə\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- New Latin, from Greek myōpia, from myōp-, myōps
- Date:
- circa 1752
1 : a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects
2 : a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something
2 : a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something
— my·o·pic \-ˈō-pik, -ˈä-\ adjective
— my·o·pi·cal·ly \-pi-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
I had to look it up when I was reading this article in the NYTimes, but it seems like a fitting word for those of us well entrenched in our quarter-life crises.
I had to look it up when I was reading this article in the NYTimes, but it seems like a fitting word for those of us well entrenched in our quarter-life crises.
