Ostrichlike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich; struthian
  2. 2
    Ignoring an imminent threat or unpleasant reality; head-in-the-sand

    "Should our response to these paradoxes of the modern world be to maintain our comfort level with an ostrichlike denial of the evidence, or to hold an alarmist and paranoid discourse?"

Synonyms

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head in sandhead-in-the-sand

Example

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"Should our response to these paradoxes of the modern world be to maintain our comfort level with an ostrichlike denial of the evidence, or to hold an alarmist and paranoid discourse?"

Etymology

From ostrich + -like.

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