ostracism

Noun

Meaning

Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

coventry banishment ostracization excommunication transportation separation removal exile ban isolation rejection displacement elimination prohibition blame
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Antonyms

association example idea connection link frequent
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Hypernyms

exclusion expulsion ejection riddance

Anagrams

socratism Castroism

Examples

the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry Source: Internet

According to Plutarch, the people then become disgusted with ostracism and abandoned the procedure forever. Source: Internet

After Thucydides' ostracism, Pericles was re-elected yearly to the generalship, the only office he ever officially occupied, although his influence was so great as to make him the de facto ruler of the state. Source: Internet

Economist Jeff Herbener, who calls Rothbard his friend and "intellectual mentor", wrote that Rothbard received "only ostracism" from mainstream academia. Source: Internet

Cited as evidence is his gradual ostracism of those who contributed to his success: Bill Kerr, Kenneth Williams, Hattie Jacques and Sidney James, and finally his scriptwriters, Galton and Simpson. Source: Internet

Each year the Athenians were asked in the assembly whether they wished to hold an ostracism. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

ostracise ostracised ostraciser ostracite ostracitoxin ostracizable