occhiolism
/ɒkiːˈɒlɪzəm/
noun
Origin
Italian
occhio — eye
Overview
Meaning Now
- The awareness of the smallness of one's perspective, often resulting from the realization that one can only witness a tiny fraction of the world's events and experiences.
Literal older meaning
Derived from Italian 'occhio' (eye) and the suffix '-ism'.
Language path
Italian → English (neologism)
Earliest form
occhiolism
Earliest period
21st century
Journey
The term was popularized by the web series 'The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows', which seeks to create new words for complex emotions that lack a specific name in the English language.
Evolution
- Latin
oculus
“eye”
The ultimate Indo-European source.
- Italian
occhio
“eye”
Evolution through Vulgar Latin.
- 21st Century English
occhiolism
“The realization of the limitations of one's own viewpoint.”
Neologism coined in the 2010s.
Connections
Word parts
occhi-
root
eye
-ol-
other
connecting element
-ism
suffix
state, condition, or doctrine
Related across languages
Latin
oculus
eye
Spanish
ojo
eye
French
œil
eye
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