| 单词 | ostracism |
| 释义 | ostracism (once / 10059 pages) n If you banish someone from society, you've caused that person's ostracism. Quakers, for example, faced ostracism by Puritans in colonial Massachusetts and many of them fled to the nearby colony of Rhode Island. Ostracism comes from the Greek word ostrakon, a broken shard of pottery. Athenians used pieces of pottery as a paper substitute in an annual vote in which citizens chose to banish someone from Athens for a period of ten years. The banished person had to leave (or face death) but was allowed to keep his property and could return when his ostracism was up. The vote was often used to get rid of potential tyrants and political rivals. WORD FAMILYostracism: ostracisms USAGE EXAMPLESBut with the rise of far-right parties in other European countries, a government that included the FPÖ would probably not face such ostracism. Economist(Dec 08, 2016) That ostracism, the Hungarian leader crowed, would soon change. Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) The baroness’s reputation as an anti-Semitic conspiracy theorist has earned her notoriety but never ostracism. Wall Street Journal(Oct 31, 2016) 1n the act of excluding someone from society by general consent Hyper ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance the act of forcing out someone or something 2n the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) Syn|Hyper Coventry, banishment exclusion the state of being excluded |
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