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noun
[usually treated as singular] 1the scientific study of sight and the behavior of light, or the properties of transmission and deflection of other forms of radiation.
2(typically in a political context) the way in which an event or course of action is perceived by the public:the issue itself is secondary to the optics of the Democrats opposing this administration in a high-profile way
