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os·tra·cize
 ostracize
- pronunciation:
- a
str
saIz
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
ostracized, ostracizes, ostracizing |
| definition 1: |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion.
The very obese teen was ostracized by many of her fellow students.During the war, the community ostracized him for being a pacifist.- synonyms:
- blackball, exclude, shun
- antonyms:
- welcome
- similar words:
- bar, blacklist, debar, disown, isolate, rebuff, reject, repudiate
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| definition 2: |
to banish (someone) from his or her native land.
Some dissident writers were ostracized by the government.- synonyms:
- banish, exile, expatriate
- similar words:
- blackball, disenfranchise, eject, expel, oust, transport, uproot
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| related words: |
banish, deport, exile, scorn, segregate, snub |
| derivation: |
ostracizer (n.) |
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