blinkering
Restricting lateral vision
Blinkering is the act of limiting someone's awareness or perspective, like the blinders placed on horses to restrict their vision.
It suggests deliberately or systematically narrowing what someone can see or consider: The curriculum's blinkering of students to alternative viewpoints drew criticism.
The word implies imposed restriction rather than natural limitation.
Placing restrictions upon
- confiningLimiting freedom of movement
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- inhibitingPreventing or slowing action
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
suppressing · hampering · impeding · narrowing · constricting · curtailing · circumscribing · blocking
Flaps limiting peripheral vision
- horse tackEquestrian equipment and accessories
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- bridleEquine control harness
- racehorsesEquines bred for speed
draft horses · driving · training · leather · buckles · straps
Inability to see periphery
- narrow viewRestricted way of thinking
- selective attentionFiltering relevant from irrelevant
- single-mindedDevoted to one purpose
- fixatedObsessively attached or focused
concentrated · zeroed in · targeted · myopic · shortsighted · limited perspective · one-track · obsessive
State of not knowing
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
- uninformedLacking necessary knowledge
narrow-minded · insular · parochial · provincial · blinded · unenlightened · benighted · incurious
limiting
Placing restrictions upon
- confiningLimiting freedom of movement
- constrainingImposing limits upon
- inhibitingPreventing or slowing action
stifling · suppressing · hampering · impeding · narrowing · constricting · curtailing · circumscribing · blocking · screening
blinders
Flaps limiting peripheral vision
- horse tackEquestrian equipment and accessories
- harnessStraps controlling an animal
- bridleEquine control harness
racehorses · draft horses · driving · training · leather · buckles · straps
tunnel vision
Inability to see periphery
- narrow viewRestricted way of thinking
- selective attentionFiltering relevant from irrelevant
- single-mindedDevoted to one purpose
fixated · concentrated · zeroed in · targeted · myopic · shortsighted · limited perspective · one-track · obsessive · monomaniacal
unawareness
State of not knowing
- obliviousLacking any awareness
- cluelessLacking any understanding
- unknowingLacking awareness or information
uninformed · narrow-minded · insular · parochial · provincial · blinded · unenlightened · benighted · incurious · closed-minded
blinkeringbroadening
Increasing in extent
widening · expanding · opening · enlightening · eye-opening
blinkeringliberating
Setting free from constraint
freeing · open-mindedness · emancipating · consciousness-raising · sensitizing
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