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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Vision in which the visual field is severely constricted, as from within a tunnel looking out.
- noun An extremely narrow point of view; narrow-mindedness.
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- noun A restricted field of vision as the result of looking through some type of object or a medical condition.
- noun figuratively To focus one's attention on one specific item or event, to the exclusion of everything else.; a
one-track mind
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- noun visual impairment involving a loss of peripheral vision
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cosmican commented on the word tunnel vision
Narrow / specific / focussed approach and vision
March 10, 2008
seanahan commented on the word tunnel vision
"I want my tunnel vision
I need my medication
I want your arms around me
Wop bop dip bop doo doo doo doo"
-- "Little Fingers", Apocalypse Hoboken
March 11, 2008
bilby commented on the word tunnel vision
Best word eva.
July 25, 2008