The act of putting blinders on someone or something; or metaphorically, restricting someone's ability to see or understand clearly.
Present participle of 'blinker,' derived from blink. As a gerund, it can describe both the literal action of putting on blinders and the figurative action of limiting someone's perspective.
The word captures the violence of ignorance—'blinkering' isn't just being blind, it's the active process of being blinded, which makes it sound more deliberate and troubling than passive blindness.
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