myopia
noun
my·o·pia
mī-ˈō-pē-ə 
1
: a condition in which the visual images come to a focus (see focus entry 1 sense 4) in front of the retina of the eye resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects : nearsightedness
She wears glasses to correct her myopia.
2
: a lack of foresight or discernment : a narrow view of something
… those require long-term commitments, which in our current myopia we cannot take on.—
Adam Smith
Adam SmithExamples of myopia in a Sentence
She wears eyeglasses to correct her myopia.
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People with severe myopia have a higher risk of sight-threatening complications that can lead to even poorer vision.
—Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Those dots can defocus peripheral light, which may help slow the progression of myopia in children.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
The myopia required to derive true meaning from such a thing—barely more sophisticated than phrenology—is staggering.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
So inside of those circles, the weird culty myopia that would have existed around these child emperors that were in charge of things.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
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Sheah Rarback, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Those dots can defocus peripheral light, which may help slow the progression of myopia in children.
—Jacqueline Howard, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
The myopia required to derive true meaning from such a thing—barely more sophisticated than phrenology—is staggering.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 24 Sep. 2025
So inside of those circles, the weird culty myopia that would have existed around these child emperors that were in charge of things.
—Nikki McCann Ramirez, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Myopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myopia. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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myopia
noun
my·o·pia
mī-ˈō-pē-ə
1
: the condition of being nearsighted
2
: a lack of foresight : a narrow view of something
Medical Definition
myopia
noun
my·o·pia
mī-ˈō-pē-ə
: a condition in which the visual images come to a focus in front of the retina of the eye because of defects in the refractive media of the eye or of abnormal length of the eyeball resulting especially in defective vision of distant objects
called also nearsightedness
compare astigmatism sense 2, emmetropiaLove words? Need even more definitions?
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