ostracize
Pronunciation
  • (RP) IPA: /ˈɒstɹəsaɪz/
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈɑstɹəˌsaɪz/
Verb

ostracize (ostracizes, present participle ostracizing; past and past participle ostracized) (American spelling, Oxford British English)

  1. (transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban#Verb|ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism. [from mid 19th c.]
  2. (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refuse#Verb|refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate#Verb|associate with or talk#Verb|talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]
    Synonyms: blackball, cut someone dead, give someone the cold shoulder, send to Coventry, Thesaurus:ignore
    Antonyms: Thesaurus:pay attention
Related terms Translations
  • French: ostraciser
  • Italian: ostracizzare
  • Portuguese: ostracizar
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