The meaning of Ostracizing
Ostracizing – definition
verbExclude from a society or group.
Usage examples:
She was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagersverb(in ancient greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote.
Usage examples:
Themistocles was indeed out of favour at athens by the end of the 470s, when he was ostracized
verbPresent participle of ostracize
Usage examples:
His colleagues ostracized him after he criticized the company in public.
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Word origin
mid 17th century: from Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon ‘shell or potsherd’ (on which names were written in voting to banish unpopular citizens).
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