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ostracize

UK
/ˈɒstrəsaɪz/
US
/ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz/
ostracizeverb
ostracized
Past Simple
ostracized
Past Participle
ostracizing
ing-form
UK
/ˈɒstrəsaɪz/
US
/ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz/
Translations
The community decided to ostracize him after the scandal.
La communauté a décidé de l’ostraciser après le scandale.
Definitions
To exclude someone from a society or group.
The community decided to ostracize him after the scandal.
To banish a citizen for a fixed period by popular vote, as practiced in ancient Athens.
The assembly voted to ostracize the ambitious statesman.
Synonyms
shun
exclude
banish
reject
alienate
isolate
cast out
expel
Antonyms
embrace
welcome
include
accept
ostracizepast participle
Definitions
Excluded from a society or group; socially shunned.
The ostracized poet lived in isolation.
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