far-sightedness

A form of farsightedness — The condition of being unable to focus on near objects; presbyopia.

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Meanings

nounfar-sightedness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of farsightedness.

    Marc Brunel was a royalist refugee from revolutionary France. He specialised in ideas that were ahead of their time - of which he seems to have had one a week - and he had a gift for making those around him seem churlish and reactionary in comparison to his own far-sightedness.

    2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 87

Origin

From far-sighted + -ness.

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APA

far-sightedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far-sightedness

MLA

“far-sightedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far-sightedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “far-sightedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/far-sightedness.

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