blinders
Horse eye shields
Blinders are leather screens attached to a horse's bridle to prevent it from seeing to the side or rear, keeping its attention forward.
The figurative sense dominates in general usage: blinders are limitations on perception or understanding that prevent someone from seeing the full picture.
He has blinders on when it comes to his son's faults.
British English uses blinkers.
Vehicle turning signals
- tackSharp-headed fastener
- bridleEquine control harness
- reinsBit-attached steering straps
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
halter · bit · martingale · cheekpieces · winkers · driving · carriage · racehorse
Inability to see periphery
- myopiaBlurry distance vision
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- closed-mindednessRefusal to consider other views
insularity · parochialism · dogmatism · rigidity · obstinacy · shortsightedness · willful ignorance · echo chamber
Jolt into awareness
- eye-openingSurprisingly informative or enlightening
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
broader view · limitations · restrictions · barriers · shielding · filtering · rose-colored glasses
Sustained single-minded attention
- single-mindednessExclusive focus on purpose
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
- dedicationWholehearted loyalty to purpose
compartmentalization · blocking out · distractions · tuning out · zeroing in · laser focus · unwavering · prioritization
blinkers
Vehicle turning signals
harness · halter · bit · martingale · cheekpieces · winkers · driving · carriage · racehorse · draft horse
tunnel vision
Inability to see periphery
- myopiaBlurry distance vision
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
closed-mindedness · insularity · parochialism · dogmatism · rigidity · obstinacy · shortsightedness · willful ignorance · echo chamber · groupthink
wake-up call
Jolt into awareness
- eye-openingSurprisingly informative or enlightening
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
perspective · broader view · limitations · restrictions · barriers · shielding · filtering · rose-colored glasses
concentration
Sustained single-minded attention
- single-mindednessExclusive focus on purpose
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
dedication · compartmentalization · blocking out · distractions · tuning out · zeroing in · laser focus · unwavering · prioritization · intensity
- harness equipmenthorse collar, traces, reins, bit, breeching
- horse racingthoroughbred, horse racing, racehorse, flat race, horses
- self-deceptiondenial, delusion, wishful thinking, rationalization, false belief
- stablesbox stall, stalls, paddock, paddocks, tack room
- Willful Ignorancehead in sand, looking away, selective attention
- sensory lossdeafness, numbness, anosmia, hearing loss, vision loss
blindersperipheral vision
Sight at edges
wide-angle lens · 360-degree view · panoramic view · unobstructed view · open eyes
blindersopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
broad-mindedness · clear-sightedness · enlightenment · awareness · open eyes
blinderssituational awareness
Perception of surroundings
mindfulness · alertness · vigilance · attentiveness · perceptiveness
- blinded with scienceConfused by complex jargon
- Peaky BlindersBritish gangster television series