Ostracize
['ɑstrəsaɪz]
Definition
(verb.) avoid speaking to or dealing with; 'Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.
(v. t.) To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends.
Typed by Humphrey
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Banish, exile, put under the ban.
Edited by Arnold
Examples
- And politics, however pretentiously rhetorical about ideals, is irrelevant if the only method it knows is to ostracize the desires it cannot manage. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- He was never ostracized--his prestige with the quieter citizens saved him from that; but he was attacked with increasing boldness and steadfastness. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His friend Damon was ostracized. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Malcolm