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- Dictionaryostracize/ˈɒstrəsʌɪz/
verb
- 1. exclude from a society or group: "she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers"
- 2. (in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote: "Themistocles was indeed out of favour at Athens by the end of the 470s, when he was ostracized"
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If you banish someone or ignore him, you ostracize him. When the Iranian president claimed that the Holocaust was a hoax, he was ostracized by the international community. Ostraka is an ancient Greek word for pottery shard.
/ˈɒstrəsaɪz/ /ˈɑːstrəsaɪz/ ( British English also ostracise) [usually passive] (formal) Verb Forms. ostracize somebody to refuse to let somebody be a member of a social group; to refuse to meet or talk to somebody synonym shun. He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.
1. to exclude or banish (a person) from a particular group, society, etc. 2. (Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) to punish by temporary exile. [C17: from Greek ostrakizein to select someone for banishment by voting on potsherds; see ostracon] ˈostracism n. ˈostraˌcizable, ˈostraˌcisable adj. ˈostraˌcizer, ˈostraˌciser n.
Ostracize verb. To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from conversation or friendship; to shun; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. A person may be ostracized by a formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement. Marvell.
Definitions of ostracise. verb. expel from a community or group. synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracize, shun. see more. verb. avoid speaking to or dealing with. synonyms: ostracize. see more.
ostracize. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English os‧tra‧cize (also ostracise British English) /ˈɒstrəsaɪz $ ˈɑː-/ verb [ transitive] if a group of people ostracize someone, they refuse to accept them as a member of the group She was afraid that if she spoke up her colleagues would ostracize her.
Definition: 1. to exclude or shun someone from a group; 2. to banish someone from a group. Synonyms: banish, avoid, shun, exclude, reject, eject, expel. Antonyms: welcome, invite, embrace. Tips: Ostracize is derived from the Greek ostrakon, which means "tile or shell."
