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ostracism

/ ostracism /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
Type of:
ejection exclusion expulsion
Derived:
banish ban ostracize ostracise shun
noun Sense 2
the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
"the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
Type of:
exclusion
Derived:
banish ban ostracize ostracise shun
Semantic Complexity
52%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
14
Times Searched
1
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ejection exclusion expulsion