Word of the Day – Occiolism

Occiolism (noun)

ok-e-ol-ism

the awareness of the smallness of your perspective.

The awareness of your own small perspective, by which you couldn’t possibly draw any meaningful conclusions at all, about the world or the past or the complexities of culture.

Example sentences

“She was prone to bouts of melancholy caused by her occiolism.”

“Even with her memories she was aware that she only really had a tiny world perspective, and this occiolism made her all the more determined to travel.”