Definitions for ostracize
ˈɒs trəˌsaɪzos·tra·cize

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.7 / 3 votes

1. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackballverb

   expel from a community or group

2. ostracize, ostraciseverb

   avoid speaking to or dealing with

   "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

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1. Ostracizeverb

   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. Marvell.

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. ostracizeverb

   To exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun.

2. Etymology: From ὀστρακίζω, from ὄστρακον.

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1. ostracize

   Ostracism (Greek: ὀστρακισμός, ostrakismos) was an Athenian democratic procedure in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the citizen, ostracism was often used preemptively. It was used as a way of neutralizing someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant, though in many cases popular opinion often informed the expulsion. The word "ostracism" continues to be used for various cases of social shunning.

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1. ostracize

   To ostracize means to exclude or banish someone from a particular group or society, typically through general consent. It is the act of deliberately avoiding or isolating an individual or group, either socially or physically.

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1. socratize

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ostracize in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ostracize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ostracize in a Sentence

1. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   YOU CANNOT REFORM A SYSTEM THAT WAS DESIGNED TO OSTRACIZE AND MARGINALIZE A CERTAIN CLASS OF PEOPLE i.e THE POOR. IT WAS A SYSTEM FATALLY FLAWED AND DESIGNED AS REPRESSIVE AB INITIO! IT IS SELECTIVELY GENOCIDAL, AND ITS LAWS MUST BE DISOBEYED.

2. Actress Chloe Grace Moretz:

   I’ve had a younger male lead ostracize me and bring up fake issues just to try and put me in my place, and make things up to the director … things that are crazy, things that I would never do, unprofessional things that would make no sense.

3. Larry Hogan:

   I've said that this is a four-year battle for the soul of Republican Party. We've got another election coming up next year in 2022. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan know, I think it was a mistake. Liz Cheney is a solid conservative New York Republican... and to ostracize somebody, remove them from their leadership position, is crazy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=ostracize
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ostracize
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracize
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