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Meaning of ostrichitis | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A policy of keeping one's head in the sand, denying the reality of a problem or threat.

humorous, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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