ostracizev.

Brit.

/ˈɒstrəsʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz/

Forms: 1600s 1800s– ostracize, 1800s– ostracise.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀστρακίζειν.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀστρακίζειν to banish from a city by ostracism < ὄστρακον ostracon n. + -ίζειν -ize suffix. Compare French ostraciser (1829; compare earlier use as noun of past participle ostracisé an exile, 1772). Compare earlier ostracism n.

1. transitive. To banish; to exclude from favour, or from a society or group; to refuse to speak to or acknowledge. Usually in passive.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > exclude from society [verb (transitive)]

seclude1498

refrain1547

ostracize1649

proscribe1680

to send (a person) to Coventry1765

taboo1791

blackball1821

blackbean1829

to freeze out1861

unworld1868

exostracize1872

boycott1880

1649 A. Marvell Death Ld. Hastings 26 Therefore the Democratick Stars did rise, And all that Worth from hence did Ostracize.

1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 142 Conjurors who..endeavour to ostracise this submarine invader.

1868 J. Bright Speeches Public Policy II. 362 Your newspapers..denounced and ostracised hundreds of good men.

1890 C. A. Mercier Sanity & Insanity xiii. 343 Ostracised from society because of the drunken and violent habits of his wife.

c1940 R. Lowell Let. in R. Lowell: Biogr. (1982) 73 One can hardly be ostracized for taking the intellect and aristocracy and family tradition seriously.

1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds I. ii. 38 So Meggie passed the last few days of school ‘in Coventry’, as they call it, which meant she was totally ostracized.

2001 W. Ferguson Generica iv. 31 Had Edwin's literary friends known that..he had in fact been sitting through repeated matinees of Conan, he would have been ostracized from the group.

2. transitive. In ancient Greece: to banish from a city by ostracism (ostracism n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > exile [verb (transitive)] > temporarily by voting with potsherds

ostracize1836

1836 L. M. Child Philothea iv. 64 Were I even remotely allied with any of the illustrious men that Athens has ostracised, then indeed I might be the adopted daughter of Phidias.

1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 478 Damon was..rendered so unpopular at Athens,..that he was ostracised.

1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 109 Two Athenian statesmen, Nicias and Alcibiades, united to ostracize Hyperbolus, a lamp-maker,..and by ostracizing him they ostracized ostracism itself.

1906 Amer. Hist. Rev. 11 871 No one with Aristotle's Constitution of Athens, section 22, before him should repeat the transparent story that Kleisthenes was ostracized.

1991 S. Hornblower Greek World (BNC) 34 Themistokles' friends were, however, either too young..or too powerless.., and he was ostracized.

Derivatives

ˈostracizable adj. rare capable of being ostracized; (also) causing ostracism.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [adjective] > capable of being

ostracizable1891

1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Sept. 7/3 Our ostracizable Electors.

1990 Boston Globe (Nexis) 25 Dec. 81 Putting up colored Christmas lights is an ostracizable offense.

ˈostracized adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [adjective]

ostracized1849

boycotted1880

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [adjective] > temporarily by voting with potsherds

exostracized1838

ostracized1849

1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xli. 174 The ostracised Aristeidês arrived at Salamis.

1862 All Year Round Christmas No. 35 He..covertly threw handfuls of grain to the ostracised cockerels.

1989 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 95/1 Ostracized groups tend to create their own art forms, out of necessity.

ˈostracizing n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun] > temporary > by writing names on potsherds

ostracy1579

ostracism1588

ostracizinga1801

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [adjective] > temporarily by voting with potsherds > relating to practice of

ostracizinga1801

a1801 L. Hopkins et al. Anarchiad (1861) xvii. xii. 78 Proscribes all worth, by ostracising doom, To death or exile, as in Greece or Rome.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxi. 210 Kleisthenês did not permit the process of ostracising to be opened against any one citizen exclusively.

1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 255 He wrote his own name on the ostracising shell.

1976 19th-cent. Fiction 31 101 These characters.., often concealing some ostracizing secret, act out over and over again Hardy's vision of the human situation.

1992 Polit. Theory 20 121 The result was the ostracizing of, and denial of resources to, those apostates who had thus violated Pueblo religious norms.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ostracize
释义	ostracizev. Brit. /ˈɒstrəsʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz/ Forms: 1600s 1800s– ostracize, 1800s– ostracise. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀστρακίζειν. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀστρακίζειν to banish from a city by ostracism < ὄστρακον ostracon n. + -ίζειν -ize suffix. Compare French ostraciser (1829; compare earlier use as noun of past participle ostracisé an exile, 1772). Compare earlier ostracism n. 1. transitive. To banish; to exclude from favour, or from a society or group; to refuse to speak to or acknowledge. Usually in passive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > exclude from society [verb (transitive)] seclude1498 refrain1547 ostracize1649 proscribe1680 to send (a person) to Coventry1765 taboo1791 blackball1821 blackbean1829 to freeze out1861 unworld1868 exostracize1872 boycott1880 1649 A. Marvell Death Ld. Hastings 26 Therefore the Democratick Stars did rise, And all that Worth from hence did Ostracize. 1803 Edinb. Rev. 2 142 Conjurors who..endeavour to ostracise this submarine invader. 1868 J. Bright Speeches Public Policy II. 362 Your newspapers..denounced and ostracised hundreds of good men. 1890 C. A. Mercier Sanity & Insanity xiii. 343 Ostracised from society because of the drunken and violent habits of his wife. c1940 R. Lowell Let. in R. Lowell: Biogr. (1982) 73 One can hardly be ostracized for taking the intellect and aristocracy and family tradition seriously. 1977 C. McCullough Thorn Birds I. ii. 38 So Meggie passed the last few days of school ‘in Coventry’, as they call it, which meant she was totally ostracized. 2001 W. Ferguson Generica iv. 31 Had Edwin's literary friends known that..he had in fact been sitting through repeated matinees of Conan, he would have been ostracized from the group. 2. transitive. In ancient Greece: to banish from a city by ostracism (ostracism n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > exile [verb (transitive)] > temporarily by voting with potsherds ostracize1836 1836 L. M. Child Philothea iv. 64 Were I even remotely allied with any of the illustrious men that Athens has ostracised, then indeed I might be the adopted daughter of Phidias. 1850 G. Grote Hist. Greece VIII. ii. lxvii. 478 Damon was..rendered so unpopular at Athens,..that he was ostracised. 1867 Felton's Greece, Anc. & Mod. II. 109 Two Athenian statesmen, Nicias and Alcibiades, united to ostracize Hyperbolus, a lamp-maker,..and by ostracizing him they ostracized ostracism itself. 1906 Amer. Hist. Rev. 11 871 No one with Aristotle's Constitution of Athens, section 22, before him should repeat the transparent story that Kleisthenes was ostracized. 1991 S. Hornblower Greek World (BNC) 34 Themistokles' friends were, however, either too young..or too powerless.., and he was ostracized. Derivatives ˈostracizable adj. rare capable of being ostracized; (also) causing ostracism. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [adjective] > capable of being ostracizable1891 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 11 Sept. 7/3 Our ostracizable Electors. 1990 Boston Globe (Nexis) 25 Dec. 81 Putting up colored Christmas lights is an ostracizable offense. ˈostracized adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > exclusion from society > [adjective] ostracized1849 boycotted1880 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [adjective] > temporarily by voting with potsherds exostracized1838 ostracized1849 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xli. 174 The ostracised Aristeidês arrived at Salamis. 1862 All Year Round Christmas No. 35 He..covertly threw handfuls of grain to the ostracised cockerels. 1989 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 95/1 Ostracized groups tend to create their own art forms, out of necessity. ˈostracizing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [noun] > temporary > by writing names on potsherds ostracy1579 ostracism1588 ostracizinga1801 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > exile or state of > [adjective] > temporarily by voting with potsherds > relating to practice of ostracizinga1801 a1801 L. Hopkins et al. Anarchiad (1861) xvii. xii. 78 Proscribes all worth, by ostracising doom, To death or exile, as in Greece or Rome. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxi. 210 Kleisthenês did not permit the process of ostracising to be opened against any one citizen exclusively. 1854 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 75 255 He wrote his own name on the ostracising shell. 1976 19th-cent. Fiction 31 101 These characters.., often concealing some ostracizing secret, act out over and over again Hardy's vision of the human situation. 1992 Polit. Theory 20 121 The result was the ostracizing of, and denial of resources to, those apostates who had thus violated Pueblo religious norms. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1649
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