See myopia in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
an abnormal eye condition in which light rays from distant objects are focused in front of the retina instead of on it, so that the objects are not seen distinctly; nearsightedness
A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness. Also called short sight.
Lack of discernment or long-range perspective in thinking or planning: “For Lorca, New York is a symbol of spiritual myopia”(Edwin Honig).