ostracism
4
7.9
- noun
- /ˈɑstrəˌsɪzəm/
:
ostracismo
- She experienced ostracism at school when her peers decided not to invite her to any social events.
- social ostracism
- face ostracism
- ostracism and exclusion
That fear of ostracism at the extreme.
- That fear of ostracism at the extreme.
- Iran is suffering terribly from an oil embargo and world ostracism.
- They often, if you just ask them to describe the experience of ostracism, what they'll say is it feels like they're invisible.
- If she does not, she faces social ostracism and the guy faces some some social rebuke.
Examples
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Usually, punishment had two aspects: social ostracism and spiritual sanctions.
Academic text (2004) -
Insofar as human beings are social animals, social ostracism is always costly, and it is most costly at the extremes.
Academic text (2001) -
Otherwise, individuals who decide on their own face ostracism and worse.
Academic text (2001) -
If there is real harassment or ostracism involved, obviously that is not okay.
Blog text (9) -
And we might also be a little bit afraid of like social ostracism, social criticism or getting filmed or something like that.
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Perhaps the primary motive for weight loss is real or feared ostracism.
Academic text (2014) -
The failure to do so is a clear violation of informal rules and results in ostracism.
Academic text (1995) -
If she does not, she faces social ostracism and the guy faces some some social rebuke.
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Not everyone is able to risk hateful ostracism and violent threats from their community.
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Other couples risked social ostracism, protecting the form and principle of mixed families.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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4.2
A situation when someone is not allowed to join or take part in a group
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6.1
A forced removal of a person from a place or group
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7.4
Feeling of being alone and separate from other people
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7.6
The act of forcing someone to leave a country or community as punishment
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7.9
To treat a person or group as unimportant and outside the main society
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4.9
Putting someone or a group on a list so others avoid them and refuse service
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7.2
Not talking to or seeing someone on purpose to show you are unhappy with them
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8.4
To exclude someone from a group as punishment or social rejection
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7.6
Leaving a person out of social activities so they feel alone
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9.9
Excluding people from normal social life because they belong to a low caste or class
Leaving someone out of a group so they cannot join in
A formal action that removes someone from a group for breaking rules
Being rejected by most people and treated as an outsider
A feeling of not being included in a group or activity
The act of refusing to accept someone as part of your family
Antonyms
Compounds
How Excluded
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7.9
1
7.2
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3.7
160
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101
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
ostracism = ostracize (transparent) = ostrac + ism
The noun denotes the action/state corresponding to the verb 'ostracize', a relation that learners can readily recognize.
Etymology
Ostracism comes from the old Greek word ostrakon, meaning a 'potsherd' or broken piece of clay that people used to write a name on when they wanted to vote someone out of the city. So ostracism means being kept out or shunned by a group, like being 'voted out' of the community.