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Word: Ostracize
Speech Type: Verb
mid 17th century: from Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon ‘shell or potsherd’ (on which names were written in voting to banish unpopular citizens)
ˈɒstrəsʌɪz
exclude from a society or group
Short Definition:exclude from society or group
Examples:- she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers
(in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote
Short Definition:(in ancient Greece) banish unpopular or overly powerful citizen from city for five
Examples:- Themistocles was indeed out of favour at Athens by the end of the 470s, when he was ostracized
- ostracise
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