struccpolitika
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
strucc + politika, calque of German Vogelstraußpolitik. It derives from the supposed habit of ostriches to stick their head in the sand rather than face danger.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
struccpolitika (plural struccpolitikák)
- (idiomatic) ostrich policy (the tendency to ignore obvious problems and pretend they don't exist)
Declension edit
Possessive forms of struccpolitika | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | struccpolitikám | struccpolitikáim |
2nd person sing. | struccpolitikád | struccpolitikáid |
3rd person sing. | struccpolitikája | struccpolitikái |
1st person plural | struccpolitikánk | struccpolitikáink |
2nd person plural | struccpolitikátok | struccpolitikáitok |
3rd person plural | struccpolitikájuk | struccpolitikáik |
References edit
- ^ struccpolitika in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- struccpolitika in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN