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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.
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.
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.
to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest. Synonyms: blacklist, snub, shun. Antonyms: accept. to banish (a person) from their native country; expatriate. (in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote. ostracize ...
expel from a community or group. synonyms: ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, shun. see more. type of: expel, kick out, throw out. force to leave or move out. verb. avoid speaking to or dealing with. “Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me”.
ostracize. 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. The regime risks being ostracized by the international community.
1. to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc. His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest. 2. to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate. 3. (in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote.
OSTRACIZE definition: When a group of people ostracizes someone, they refuse to talk to or do things with that person: . Learn more.
os•tra•cize. (ˈɒs trəˌsaɪz) v.t. -cized, -ciz•ing. 1. to exclude, by general consent, from society, privileges, etc. 2. to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate. 3. (in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote.
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.
