Although the influence of ____________ had a long history, in the nineteenth century it was transformed from a metaphor of truth to a metaphor of that which conceals or inverts truth.

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The use of the term "camera obscura" as a metaphor for something that inverts truth can be traced back to the 17th century, but it became more prevalent in the 19th century. The camera obscura was originally a device used in optics that projected an inverted image onto a surface, but the term came to represent anything that distorts or conceals the truth.

Although the Influence of ____________ Had a Long History, in the Nineteenth