Why this word is great
VISUALISM — [Noun] The privileging of vision over other means of sensory perception. From visual (relating to sight) + -ism (denoting a distinctive practice, system, or philosophy). Unlike "audism" (which elevates hearing as the primary mode of understanding) or "sensorism" (which insists on an egalitarian balance of senses), visualism is the tyranny of the seen—the assumption that to witness is to know. It is the museum-goer who skims the placard but never closes their eyes to hear the brushstrokes, the city planner who designs sidewalks for efficiency but not for the scent of rain on hot pavement, the lover who memorizes a face but forgets the timbre of a laugh. Sight is the easiest sense to trust, and the easiest to deceive.