ostracizeverb [ T ]
UK usually ostracise uk/ˈɒs.trə.saɪz/us/ˈɑː.strə.saɪz/to avoid someone intentionally, or to prevent someone from taking part in the activities of a group:
His colleagues ostracized him after he criticized the company in public.
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Excluding
- acid-free
- alienate
- apart
- bar
- barring
- cut
- discount
- exclude
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- out of it idiom
- outside
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
- send sb to Coventry idiom
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ostracism
noun [ U ] uk/ˈɒs.trə.sɪ.zəm/us/ˈɑː.strə.sɪ.zəm/
AIDS patients often experience social ostracism and discrimination.