ostracize
verb | /ostracize/
to avoid someone intentionally; to exclude from a group by common consent
ostracize
verb | /ostracize/
Advanced WordsMEDIUMto avoid someone intentionally; to exclude from a group by common consent
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"After the scandal he was ostracized by former friends."
"Groups may ostracize members who break key rules."
Mnemonic Trick
OSTRACIZE → OSTRAC (shell) + IZE: like a shell outcast — push someone out.
Etymology
From Greek ostrakizein “to banish by shell/ostracon vote.”
Used for social exclusion or banishing someone.
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