soft focus

noun

The blur produced by spherical aberration in a lens, sometimes deliberately used to produce a dreamy effect or to eliminate blemishes.

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Meanings

nounsoft focus (uncountable)
  1. uncountableartsThe blur produced by spherical aberration in a lens, sometimes deliberately used to produce a dreamy effect or to eliminate blemishes.

    Hamilton said that his work looked for the “candour of a lost paradise”, and was most famous for his kitschy calendars of young girls and his soft-focus erotic films including “Bilitis” from 1977.

    2016 November 25, “Photographer David Hamilton found dead in Paris”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
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“soft focus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20focus. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soft focus,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soft%20focus.

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