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occhiolism

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊkjəʊˌlɪzəm/
  • General-American: /ˈoʊkjoʊˌlɪzəm/

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noun

Meaning 1

The awareness of the small scope of one's own perspective and the way it limits one's ability to fully understand the world.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: neologism, rare, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Coined by American author and neologist John Koenig, creator of The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, from Italian occhiolino (“little eye”), the name given by inventor Galileo to a prototype microscope in the early 1600s, + -ism.