10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OSTRICHISM»
Discover the use of
ostrichism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ostrichism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
Lavis. aviary, aviculture, aviation. LL stmthio: ostrich. From the bird's supposed
trick of hiding its head in the sand when in danger, ostrichism is used to mean
refusal to face unpleasant facts. The ostrich, largest extant bird. runs rapidly;
bustard, ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2001
2
Language and Mobility: Unexpected Places
This is all very well as far as it goes, but it is what I once (2001) termed liberal
ostrichism in that it buries its head in the sands of objectivism (ostrichism) and
fails to link its questioning to a broader social agenda (and by so doing, of course
, ...
3
Garner on Language and Writing
7 Ostrichism here apparently means "the practice of hiding one's head in the
sand" (foreshadowed earlier in the sentence in the phrase "hide behind a claim").
The pun is on ostracism (= exclusion from association with another or others), but
...
4
Greece in the Euro: Economic Delinquency or System Failure?
Obviously, ostrichism would have not reigned supreme if the SGP did not give
ample scope for rule-breaking. The idea that the Pact would prove a sufficient
deterrent for fiscally lax members was naïve; its ill-fated reform in March 2005, ...
5
The Cartel: Lawyers and Their Nine Magic Tricks
Yet Blackstone not only accepted the common law as it stood, he also claimed it
was virtually beyond improvement. Ostrichism At best, Blackstone seems to have
been the first, but not the last, legal academic to suffer from what Judge Posner ...
6
Kenya African nationalism: Nyayo philosophy and principles
Thus, for reasons of survival, both the academic and administrative staff are apt to
develop a self- protective mechanism — the safety of silence, a consuming
ostrichism — usually out of intellectual cowardice or out of the calculated desire
for ...
7
Engineering Times: The Newspaper of Commercial Engineering
There must be no ostrichism; our own faults must be candidly acknowledged and
competitors' merits recognised. And this is what the British tool maker has done.
With his characteristic enterprise, he has carefully noted all that is best in ...
"Ostrichism". or. "Aw. Who. Wants. To. Hear. Any. Of. This. Stuff". Judging from the
small turnout at most of the sessions of the recent B.C. Truck Loggers Convention
, one can only assume that the delegates were not particularly interested in the ...
9
Absent Environments: Theorising Environmental Law and the City
Hence we confront risk by circumventing it, we employ ostrichism and superficial
euphemism to bypass it, we (think we) define risk by (thinking that we are)
defying it. Risk is nothing more but the limit of our ignorance, waiting to be
ruptured ...
Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos, 2007
To stop this apathetic ostrichism before we exhaust our supply of true Friends,
Money, Scientists and Technologists, gentlemen, is a matter of high priority. It
calls for action — action now, action nationally, energetic effective urgent action ...
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OSTRICHISM»
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ostrichism is used in the context of the following news items.
British Expat, keyboard warriors save the day
In this case their expertise is ostrichism, i.e. burying your head in the sand and ignoring reality. It's truly amazing how one open-minded man ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
Dachshunds in costumes – in pictures
Crusoe indulges in piratic ostrichism to stave off despair. Photograph: Rex. Facebook Twitter Pinterest. Share. Share this post. Facebook. «The Guardian, Oct 14»
Scripps National Spelling Bee 2010 Live on ABC Tonight
Will it be as hard as ostrichism, nematodiasis, phenazocine, nehu, effleurage and arcana? (These are actual words spelled in previous rounds ... «Artuji, Jun 10»
