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OSTRACISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of excluding someone from society by general consent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("ostracism" is a kind of...):
ejection; exclusion; expulsion; riddance (the act of forcing out someone or something)
Derivation:
ostracise (avoid speaking to or dealing with)
ostracise (expel from a community or group)
ostracize (avoid speaking to or dealing with)
ostracize (expel from a community or group)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
Example:
the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
Synonyms:
banishment; Coventry; ostracism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("ostracism" is a kind of...):
exclusion (the state of being excluded)
Derivation:
ostracise (avoid speaking to or dealing with)
ostracise (expel from a community or group)
ostracize (avoid speaking to or dealing with)
ostracize (expel from a community or group)
