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Ostracize

ˈɒstrəsʌɪz

Ostracize definitions

verb

Inflections:

ostracise ostracised ostracises ostracising ostracize ostracized ostracizes ostracizing

exclude from a society or group

"she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers"

Synonyms:
exclude shun spurn cold-shoulder give someone the cold shoulder reject repudiate boycott blackball blacklist cast off cast out shut out avoid ignore snub cut dead keep at arm's length leave out in the cold bar ban debar banish exile expel
(in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote

"Themistocles was indeed out of favour at Athens by the end of the 470s, when he was ostracized"

Synonyms:
banish exile deport evict expatriate dismiss displace