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ostracize
[ os-truh-sahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.:
His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.
Synonyms: blacklist, snub, shun
Antonyms: accept
- to banish (a person) from their native country; expatriate.
- (in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote.
ostracize
/ ˈɒstrəˌsaɪz /
verb
- to exclude or banish (a person) from a particular group, society, etc
- (in ancient Greece) to punish by temporary exile
Derived Forms
- ˈostracism, noun
- ˈostraˌcizable, adjective
- ˈostraˌcizer, noun
Other Word Forms
- os·tra·ciz·a·ble adjective
- os·tra·ci·za·tion [os-tr, uh, -sahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n], noun
- os·tra·ciz·er noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of ostracize1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ostracize1
Example Sentences
A decorated prosecutor, Lewin normally handles cold cases for the Major Crimes Division but had been ostracized for years as he engaged in a bitter and public feud with former Dist.
Kim Sang-wook, a PPP lawmaker who has been one such dissenting voice, recently revealed that he had been ostracized by senior party members, one of whom pressured him to quit the party.
Statements about dangerous immigrants are all part of a “very crass political calculation” designed to turn them into “hate objects so they can then be attacked and ostracized,” Mercieca said.
Immediately ostracized by the students for her green pigmentation, Elphaba explodes with fury when her sister is abruptly removed from her care.
After that meeting, he said, he was ostracized.
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