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ostracized

/ˈɒstrəsaɪzd/

/ˈɑstrəˌsaɪzd/

ostracizedadjective

more ostracized

Comp.

most ostracized

Super.

/ˈɒstrəsaɪzd/

/ˈɑstrəˌsaɪzd/

Translations

ostraciséS’emploie surtout dans un contexte social pour dire qu’une personne est mise à l’écart ou rejetée par un groupe.

After the scandal, he felt ostracized by his former colleagues.

Après le scandale, il se sentait ostracisé par ses anciens collègues.

Additional translations

excluTraduction plus générale, utilisée quand l’idée d’exclusion sociale est exprimée sans insistance sur l’ostracisme.

rejetéNuance de rejet par un groupe ou un entourage.

Definitions

Excluded from a group or society; shunned.

After the scandal, he felt ostracized by his former colleagues.

Synonyms

ostracizeverb

ostracized

Past Simple

ostracized

Past Simple

ostracized

Past Participle

ostracizing

ing-form

/ˈɒstrəsaɪz/

/ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz/

Translations

ostraciser

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

cast out

Antonyms

ostracizepast participle

ostracized

Used attributively to describe someone who has been excluded or shunned.

Translations

ostraciséAu féminin : ostracisée.

The ostracized poet lived in isolation.

Le poète ostracisé vivait dans l’isolement.

Definitions

Excluded from a society or group; socially shunned.

The ostracized poet lived in isolation.

Synonyms

cast out