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It seems to me that the common usage of something "being viewed through the prism of" something else, is used not necessarily to say the view is unclear, but that is is affected or distorted by the influence of something else. For example: "Viewed through the prism of 9/11, heightened security at airports is critical to deterring terrorism."
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 9y agoIt's not an idiom because you can figure it out. A prism distorts light, so you can't really look through it. This metaphor means that someone is not looking at things clearly.
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