"tunnel vision" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tunnel vision (uncountable)
  1. A restricted field of vision, especially as the result of looking through some type of object or a medical condition. Tags: uncountable Translations (restricted field of vision): tunnelsyn [neuter] (Danish), tunnelvisie [feminine] (Dutch), putkinäkö (Finnish), vision tunnellaire [feminine] (French), vision tunnelisée [feminine] (French), Tunnelblick [masculine] (German), σωληνοειδής όραση (solinoeidís órasi) [feminine] (Greek), csőlátás (Hungarian), tunnelsyn [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), tunnelsyn [feminine, neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), widzenie lunetowe [neuter] (Polish), тунне́льное зре́ние (tunnélʹnoje zrénije) [neuter] (Russian), visión de túnel [feminine] (Spanish), tunnelseende [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tunnel_vision-en-noun-OdEgOPUG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'restricted field of vision': 96 4
  2. (figuratively) The tendency to focus one's attention on one specific idea or viewpoint, to the exclusion of everything else. Tags: figuratively, uncountable Synonyms: one-track mind
    Sense id: en-tunnel_vision-en-noun-mm3ZD71Y

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