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Ostracism

Ostracism Meaning & Definition
Ostracism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ostracism?

[n] the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
[n] the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ostracism: banishment | Coventry

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ostracism: ban | banishment | blackball | blackballing | blacklist | boycott | boycottage | clearance | complaint | defrocking | degradation | demotion | depluming | deportation | deprivation | detachment | dim view | disagreement | disappointment | disapprobation | disapproval | disbarment | discard | discontent | discontentedness | discontentment | disenchantment | disesteem | disfavor | disfellowship | disgruntlement | disillusion | disillusionment | disjunction | displacement | displeasure | displuming | disposal | disposition | disrespect | dissatisfaction | dissent | distaste | ejection | elimination | eradication | exclusion | excommunication | exile | expatriation | expulsion | extradition | fugitation | indignation | liquidation | low estimation | low opinion | objection | opposition | opposure | ostracization | outlawing | outlawry | proscription | protest | purge | rejection | relegation | removal | riddance | rustication | severance | stripping | suspension | thumbs-down | transportation | unfrocking | unhappiness | withdrawal

See Also | ejection | exclusion | exclusion | expulsion | riddance

Ostracism In Webster's Dictionary

\Os"tra*cism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to ostracize. See {Ostracize}.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage. 2. Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism. Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great. --Bacon. Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country. --A. Hamilton.

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