occhiolism.
The awareness of the small scope of one's own perspective and the way it limits one's ability to fully understand the world.
Meaning & usage
The awareness of the small scope of one's own perspective and the way it limits one's ability to fully understand the world.
Where this word comes from
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.
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