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View usage for: (ɒstrəsɪzəm) uncountable nounOstracism is the state of being ostracized or the act of ostracizing someone. [formal] ...those who have decided to risk social ostracism and stay on the wrong side oftown. ...denunciation, tougher sanctions and ostracism from the civilised world. [+ from] Synonyms: exclusion, boycott, isolation, exile More Synonyms of ostracism ostracism in American English (ˈɑstrəˌsɪzəm) noun1. in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment of a citizen by popular vote 2. a rejection or exclusion by general consent, as from a group or from acceptance by society Word origin Gr ostrakismos < ostrakizein: see ostracize Examples of 'ostracism' in a sentenceostracism In those days unmarried mothers suffered social ostracism. Synonyms exclusion boycott isolation avoidance cold-shouldering renunciation Opposites welcome , approval , admission , reception , acceptance , inclusion Additional synonymsbanishment from political and industrial life Synonyms expulsion, exile, dismissal, removal, discharge, transportation, exclusion, deportation, eviction, ejection, extrusion, proscription, expatriation, debarment Definition a prolonged, usually enforced absence from one's country During his exile, he began writing books. Synonyms banishment, expulsion, deportation, eviction, separation, ostracism, proscription, expatriation Definition the act of expelling or the fact of being expelled Her behaviour led to her expulsion from school. Synonyms ejection, exclusion, dismissal, removal, exile, discharge, eviction, banishment, extrusion, proscription, expatriation, debarment, dislodgment - ostensibly
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Additional synonymshis rejection of our values Synonyms denial, veto, dismissal, exclusion, abandonment, spurning, casting off, disowning, thumbs down, renunciation, repudiation, eschewal |