ostracize
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ostracized, past participle; ostracized, past tense; ostracising, present participle; ostracizes, 3rd person singular present; ostracises, 3rd person singular present; ostracised, past tense; ostracizing, present participle; ostracised, past participle;
/ˈästrəˌsīz/,
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ostracized, past participle; ostracized, past tense; ostracising, present participle; ostracizes, 3rd person singular present; ostracises, 3rd person singular present; ostracised, past tense; ostracizing, present participle; ostracised, past participle;
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Exclude (someone) from a society or group
- - a group of people who have been ridiculed, ostracized, and persecuted for centuries
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(in ancient Greece) Banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote
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- banish: expel from a community or group
- avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"
- Ostracism-(Εξωστρακισμός) was a procedure under the Athenian democracy in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the victim, ostracism was often used preemptively. ...
- To exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun
- (ostracized) blackballed; banished by ostracism
- (v) to exclude from a group by common consent