to ostracize

Examples

• All

• I know what it's like to be not accepted, to be ostracized, to be hated.

  The Diary Of A CEO

• They don't want to be ostracized by their tribe.

  Triggernometry

• And we're going to be friends and we're going to ostracize you.

  The Belko Experiment (2016)

• Ensemble directors must be careful not to further ostracize students.

  Academic text (2009)

• Now when people feel ostracized, what do they need?

• In the story, a boy and his father have been ostracized from their village.

  Academic text (2006)

• They might be really worried about being ostracized by their peer group.

  The Royal Institution

• Our kids don't deserve to be attacked, to be ostracized.

  Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017)

• His peers often bullied and ostracized him because of his mother's skin disease.

  Academic text (2015)

• LaClair has been ostracized, taunted, and even received a death threat.

  Academic text (2007)

Synonyms

A

to alienate

vsto ostracize

123 6.7

To make someone feel alone and lose support from others

is deliberate group exclusion, not only creating personal feelings of isolation

M

to marginalize

vsto ostracize

• US

81 7.4

Treat a person or group as unimportant and push them aside

is active exclusion focused on refusal to associate rather than loss of status

T

to turn away

vsto ostracize

77 2.8

Refuse someone entry to a place or group

is ongoing social exclusion rather than a single refusal event

D

to disown

vsto ostracize

37 5.8

Refuse to accept someone or something and stop having any connection with them

is group-based deliberate exclusion rather than personal legal or familial rejection

C

to cast out

vsto ostracize

31 6.2

Force someone to leave a group or place because others reject them

is refusal to associate that may not involve physical removal

S

to shun

vsto ostracize

26 4.6

To avoid someone or something and refuse to meet and speak to them on purpose

is active, deliberate exclusion often expressed openly by a group

E

to excommunicate

vsto ostracize

• Formal

24 9.3

To officially stop someone from being a member of a church as punishment

is informal or formal social exclusion but not always official punishment

B

to blackball

vsto ostracize

13 8.3

To vote against someone so they cannot join or stay in a group, often by a secret vote

is broader deliberate exclusion not limited to formal membership votes

F

to freeze out

vsto ostracize

• Informal

3 6.7

To keep someone out of a group by being unfriendly or unfair

is a direct, deliberate refusal to associate rather than slow cold treatment

O

to outcast

vsto ostracize

1 5.7

To force someone out of a group so others avoid them

focuses on deliberate refusal to associate rather than the resulting label

D

to disfellowship

vsto ostracize

• Jargon

1 9.9

To remove someone from a group for breaking rules

is deliberate exclusion that can be informal and social rather than ritual

Antonyms

I

to include

∞ 1.0

To make a person or thing part of something larger

A

to associate

104 3.6

To join with others to work for a common purpose

How Excluded

to exile

46 5.6

to banish

107 6.3

to ostracize

• US

31 7.7

to shun

26 4.6

to exclude

338 3.0

to snub

7 6.3

to ignore

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology