one-eyed

adjective

1

: having one eye : having the sight of only one eye

2

: lacking breadth of vision : narrow in outlook

our naïve submission to the one-eyed methodology of the physical sciences

—Lewis Mumford

one-eyedness

¦⸗¦ī(ə̇)dnə̇s

noun

plural -es

Word History

Etymology

Middle English oon-eyed, from oon one + eyed

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