Ostracism(n.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
Ostracism(n.) Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
Ostracize(v. t.) To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.
Ostracize(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.
Ostracized(imp. & p. p.) of Ostracize
Ostracizing(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ostracize
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