Meaning of occhiolism | Babel Free

Definitions

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

neologism, rare, uncountable

Examples

“I've never been consumed by so much occhiolism, I was so small so insignificant.”

“Willow is a building site when I reach the top. It's barely recognisable as the place I had held a vimto-coke in one hand and an optimistic sense of occhiolism in the other merely 24 hours ago. The same people who served me several shots at the now dismantled bar are busying themselves with tearing up the carpet (there was a carpet!?) and in among them all is Tommy Fong, watching over the scene.”

“Increased depth in a scene, with the subject in the distance, can make a viewer feel as though the space is vast and provide a sense of occhiolism, while increased depth with the subject and environment filling up the scene can create a sense of claustrophobia.”

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