Myopia is the inability to see things properly when they are far away, because there is something wrong with your eyes.
[formal]
myopia in British English
(maɪˈəʊpɪə)
noun
inability to see distant objects clearly because the images are focused in front of the retina; short-sightedness
Derived forms
myopic (maɪˈɒpɪk)
adjective
myopically (myˈopically)
adverb
Word origin
C18: via New Latin from Greek muōps short-sighted, from mūein to close (the eyes), blink + ōps eye
myopia in American English
(maɪˈoʊpiə)
noun
1.
an abnormal eye condition in which light rays from distant objects are focused in front of the retina instead of on it, so that the objects are not seen distinctly; nearsightedness
2.
lack of understanding or foresight
Derived forms
myopic (myˈopic) (maɪˈɑpɪk)
adjective
myopically (myˈopically)
adverb
Word origin
ModL < Gr myōpia < myōps: see myope
Examples of 'myopia' in a sentence
myopia
Official histories tend to gloss over this state of affairs or, more commonly, ignore it altogether, an understandable myopia.
Maclean, Alistair SAN ANDREAS (2002)
He wasn't badly hurt," Carne said and Pemberton experienced mild satisfaction that his was not the sole case of mental myopia.
Ross, Melville LOHENGRIN (2002)
That is literalism - scientific fundamentalism - a dreadful mental myopia.
Ursula K. Le Guin THE BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD (2002)