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ostracism
n.
exclusion; banishment
Ostracism
Ostracism (,
ostrakismos) was a procedure under the
Athenian democracy in which any
citizen could be
expelled from the
city-state of
Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the citizen, ostracism was often used preemptively. It was used as a way of neutralizing someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential
tyrant. It has been called an "honourable exile" by scholar P.J. Rhodes. The word "ostracism" continues to be used for various cases of social
shunning.
ostracism
Noun
1. 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"
(synonym) banishment, Coventry
(hypernym) exclusion
(derivation) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
2. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
(hypernym) ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance
(derivation) banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball
Ostracism
(n.)
Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
(n.)
Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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ostracism
fig. ostracism
fig. banishment expulsion
