"Lilliputian vision" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: Compound of Lilliputian + vision; ultimately from Lilliput, a fictional land of tiny people in Gulliver's Travels. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|Lilliputian|vision}} Lilliputian + vision Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Lilliputian vision (uncountable)
  1. A hallucination or visual disorder in which objects appear smaller or more distant than they are; micropsia. Wikipedia link: Gulliver's Travels, Lilliput and Blefuscu Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology, Vision
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