单词 | one-eyedness |
释义 | > as lemmasone-ˈeyedness one-ˈeyedness n. narrow-mindedness (figurative); (also) the condition of having only one eye. ΚΠ 1846 Brit. & Foreign Med. Rev. Apr. 356 Mr. Martin notices the one-eyedness of honest folk, when giving a sanatory character of their own locality. 1890 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 27 Dec. 925/1 In this way we understand why clubfoot is hereditary, while one-eyedness is not. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. li There is no reason to suspect Weismann of Sadism... It was a mere piece of one-eyedness; and it was Darwin who put out Weismann's humane and sensible eye. 1986 C. Kloos Yhawh's Combat with Sea ii. 182 The condition of one-eyedness—in which state he performed his miraculous deed—is the only datum we possess about Horatius. 1995 E. Törnqvist Between Stage & Screen ii. 117 The connection is even more obvious in the film, where only one of the eyes is wounded—to indicate Isak's mental one-eyedness. 2006 C. Matzke et al. Of Minstrelsy & Masks 197 It is here that the persistent critique of ‘one-eyedness’, of single perspectives, and the demand for a questioning audience in dialogue with the writer or speaker, is voiced most powerfully. < as lemmas |
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