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/ˈɔstrəsˌaɪz/ Listen

verb

Ostracize v. t. (past & past part. ostracized; pres. part. ostracizing)

(Gr. Antiq.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from conversation or friendship; to shun; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. A person may be ostracized by a formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement.

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Etymology of 'Ostracize'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Ostracize" Quotes from Famous Books

... retire from the world; take the veil; abandon &c 624; sport one's oak [Slang]. cut, cut dead; refuse to associate with, refuse to acknowledge; look cool upon, turn one's back upon, shut the door upon; repel, blackball, excommunicate, exclude, exile, expatriate; banish, outlaw, maroon, ostracize, proscribe, cut off from, send to Coventry, keep at arm's length, draw a cordon round. depopulate; dispeople^, unpeople^. Adj. secluded, sequestered, retired, delitescent^, private, bye; out of the world, ...

— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget

... little credit for its lovely character, it being the friendliest wild animal known to man and never offensive except when put upon. Wasn't we all offensive at those times? And just because the skunk happened to be superbly gifted in this respect, was that any reason to ostracize him? ...

— Ma Pettengill • Harry Leon Wilson