Definitions For Ostrichism
Noun
OSTRICHISM (uncountable) The act of hide#verb, hiding, often unsuccessfully, by duck#verb, ducking one's head#noun, head out of view#noun, view. from mid 19th c. (derogatory) A policy of bury one's head in the sand, burying one's head in the sand, that is, ignore, ignoring the reality of a situation. from mid 19th c.Related terms
{{rel2, en, ostrich, ostrichlike, ostrich policy, ostrich politics}}Translations
Etymology
by the {{w, Suffrage Atelier}} highlighting a situation of ostrichism (sense 2) by depicting those opposing women’s suffrage as an ostrich with its head bury, buried in sand#noun, sand]] ostrich + ism. the ostrich is often erroneously believed to bury its head in the sand to hide from predators.Is Ostrichism a Scrabble Word?
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The word Ostrichism is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends