struthonianadj.n.

/struːˈθəʊnɪan/

Etymology: Irregularly < Latin struth-io: see -ian suffix and struthious adj.

jocular.

Tending to ‘hide one's head in the sand’, like the ostrich (see sand n.² 2d), and so to ignore unwelcome facts (Koestler's word). Also as n., one who does this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [adjective]

ostrich1598

disregarding1659

ignoring1844

ostrich-like1881

struthonian1963

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [noun] > ignoring unwelcome facts > person guilty of

blinkard1583

struthonian1963

1963 A. Koestler in Encounter July 7/1 One need not be an economist to find these figures disconcerting. But there is a struthonian answer to them (from struthio the Latin for ostrich). Your Old Struthonian will start with some disparaging remarks about statistics in general, and..then explain that Britain started the Industrial Revolution, and that accordingly it is only natural..that other nations, which started later, should grow at a faster rate.

1966 Listener 18 Aug. 223/2 Housing, with doubtful justification, lags behind needs, and continues to take a lion-hearted and struthonian view of the climate.

1966 Listener 25 Aug. 279/1 It is unfortunate that Professor Wisdom should perpetuate Arthur Koestler's barbaric derivative struthonian... If leonine, then struthionine, or nothing.

Derivatives

struˈthonianism n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [noun] > ignoring unwelcome facts

ostrichism1834

struthonianism1966

1966 Listener 18 Aug. 224/1 A fine piece of struthonianism is the failure to accept the fact that teenagers are now in practice sexually active.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	struthonian
释义	struthonianadj.n. /struːˈθəʊnɪan/ Etymology: Irregularly < Latin struth-io: see -ian suffix and struthious adj. jocular. Tending to ‘hide one's head in the sand’, like the ostrich (see sand n.² 2d), and so to ignore unwelcome facts (Koestler's word). Also as n., one who does this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [adjective] ostrich1598 disregarding1659 ignoring1844 ostrich-like1881 struthonian1963 the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [noun] > ignoring unwelcome facts > person guilty of blinkard1583 struthonian1963 1963 A. Koestler in Encounter July 7/1 One need not be an economist to find these figures disconcerting. But there is a struthonian answer to them (from struthio the Latin for ostrich). Your Old Struthonian will start with some disparaging remarks about statistics in general, and..then explain that Britain started the Industrial Revolution, and that accordingly it is only natural..that other nations, which started later, should grow at a faster rate. 1966 Listener 18 Aug. 223/2 Housing, with doubtful justification, lags behind needs, and continues to take a lion-hearted and struthonian view of the climate. 1966 Listener 25 Aug. 279/1 It is unfortunate that Professor Wisdom should perpetuate Arthur Koestler's barbaric derivative struthonian... If leonine, then struthionine, or nothing. Derivatives struˈthonianism n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > [noun] > ignoring unwelcome facts ostrichism1834 struthonianism1966 1966 Listener 18 Aug. 224/1 A fine piece of struthonianism is the failure to accept the fact that teenagers are now in practice sexually active. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.n.1963
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