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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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to prevent someone from being part of a group because you dislike the person or disapprove of something the person has done: She was ostracized by fellow officers after bringing charges against her partner. ostracism. noun [ U ] us / ˈɑs·trəˌsɪz·əm / Those who refused to conform risked ostracism.
2 meanings: 1. to exclude or banish (a person) from a particular group, society, etc 2. (in ancient Greece) to punish by.... Click for more definitions.
to prevent someone from being part of a group because you dislike the person or disapprove of something the person has done: She was ostracized by fellow officers after bringing charges against her partner. ostracism. noun [ U ] us / ˈɑs·trəˌsɪz·əm / Those who refused to conform risked ostracism.
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.
1. : to exile by ostracism. Despite his victories, Themistocles was ostracized by the Athenians. 2. : to exclude from a group by common consent. a lonely dissenter, ostracized as an enemy of the people Robert Brustein. Did you know? Ostracize Has Greek Roots.
Ostracize Definition. To exclude from a group or society. To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece. 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.
/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.
OSTRACIZE definition: When a group of people ostracizes someone, they refuse to talk to or do things with that person: . Learn more.
Ostracize definition: to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.. See examples of OSTRACIZE used in a sentence.
Ostracize definition: to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.. See examples of OSTRACIZE used in a sentence.
