The ability to see or perceive things at great distances, or the capacity to foresee and plan for future events wisely.
Compound of 'far' (Old English 'feor') and 'sight' (Old English 'siht'). Developed as a noun form emphasizing the quality of vision or perception itself.
Farsight is literally the opposite of nearsightedness, but humans realized the metaphor was more useful—we care far more about seeing into the future than seeing across a field.
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