ostrichlike

See also: ostrich-like

English

Alternative forms

• ostrich-like

Etymology

From ostrich +‎ -like.

Adjective

ostrichlike (comparative more ostrichlike, superlative most ostrichlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of an ostrich; struthian
2. Ignoring an imminent threat or unpleasant reality; head-in-the-sand
   • 2009, Christopher Vasey, The Naturopathic Way, page vii:

     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?

Translations

similar to an ostrich

• Serbo-Croatian: nojevski (sh)