Ostrichitis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ostrichitis is a noun meaning (humorous) A policy of keeping one's head in the sand, denying the reality of a problem or threat.
Meaning
(humorous) A policy of keeping one's head in the sand, denying the reality of a problem or threat.
Example Sentences
War clouds were on the horizon, but the ostrichitis that had removed the moral compass of many European politicians simultaneously made the rich of Paris pretend that whatever nastiness was occurring elsewhere would never affect them.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ostrichism, struthonian, denial, cloisterism, ostracization, truthaphobia.
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