English Dictionary

ostrichitis

名詞

ユーモラス文体 不可算名詞

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

日本語の意味

（冗談的な表現）問題や脅威の現実を否認し、あえて直視せず無視する態度、つまり『頭を砂に隠す』姿勢を指す

Despite the mounting evidence, the company's ostrichitis led managers to ignore safety warnings until the crisis erupted.

証拠が増え続けているにもかかわらず、会社の砂に頭を埋める傾向のせいで、管理者たちは安全に関する警告を無視し、危機が発生するまで放置した。

意味（1）

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

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.