Search results
- Dictionaryos·tra·cize/ˈästrəˌsīz/
verb
- 1. exclude (someone) from a society or group: "a group of people who have been ridiculed, ostracized, and persecuted for centuries"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
1. : to exile by ostracism. Despite his victories, Themistocles was ostracized by the Athenians. 2. : to exclude from a group by common consent. a lonely dissenter, ostracized as an enemy of the people Robert Brustein. Did you know? Ostracize Has Greek Roots.
to prevent someone from being part of a group because you dislike the person or disapprove of something the person has done: She was ostracized by fellow officers after bringing charges against her partner. ostracism. noun [ U ] us / ˈɑs·trəˌsɪz·əm / Those who refused to conform risked ostracism.
Ostracize definition: to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.. See examples of OSTRACIZE used in a sentence.
to prevent someone from being part of a group because you dislike the person or disapprove of something the person has done: She was ostracized by fellow officers after bringing charges against her partner. ostracism. noun [ U ] us / ˈɑs·trəˌsɪz·əm / Those who refused to conform risked ostracism.
If you banish someone or ignore him, you ostracize him. When the Iranian president claimed that the Holocaust was a hoax, he was ostracized by the international community.
verb [usually passive] If someone is ostracized, people deliberately behave in an unfriendly way towards them and do not allow them to take part in any of their social activities. [formal] She claims she's being ostracized by some members of her local community. [be VERB -ed] Synonyms: exclude, reject, boycott, avoid More Synonyms of ostracize.
ostracize somebody to refuse to let somebody be a member of a social group; to refuse to meet or talk to somebody synonym shun. He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike. The regime risks being ostracized by the international community.
