myopic

[ mahy-op-ik, -oh-pik ]

adjective

1. Ophthalmology. pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.
2. unable or unwilling to act prudently; shortsighted.
3. lacking tolerance or understanding; narrow-minded.

Other Words From

• my·opi·cal·ly adverb
• nonmy·opic adjective
• nonmy·opi·cal·ly adverb
• unmy·opic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of myopic¹

First recorded in 1790–1800; myop(ia) + -ic

Example Sentences

In another post, he characterized a school board member’s statement as “myopic, unanalytical and self-aggrandizing.”

From Los Angeles Times

Modern Republicanism’s belief that the core role of government is instead to wield the power of the state to punish one’s enemies goes beyond myopic allusions to authoritarianism, fascism or caesarism to a premodern, pre-capitalist rival conception of government known as patrimonialism, in which the state is not meant to serve society but society is meant to serve the state — and the autocrat who runs it.

From Salon

So, for those who are not in a religious community, I would say the following: don't buy the idea that all people of faith are following one myopic form of the Christian tradition or any other.

From Salon

Supreme Court discourse, there’s such a myopic sense of, at least some of the current majority, that My suffering is the suffering of the world, the suffering of white men is the suffering of the world, the suffering of those of us who are Christian.

From Slate

That analysis is, in my view, myopic.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• nearsighted
• shortsighted