English Explanatory Dictionary

occhiolism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/ˈəʊkjəʊˌlɪzəm/ /ˈoʊkjoʊˌlɪzəm/

Word forms

occhiolism

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.

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