ostracizing
Meaning of ostracizing
verb, gerund or present participle
- exclude from a society or group.
she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers
- (in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote.
Themistocles was indeed out of favour at Athens by the end of the 470s, when he was ostracized
mid 17th century: from Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon ‘shell or potsherd’ (on which names were written in voting to banish unpopular citizens).
Information about ostracizing
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Hyphenation of ostracizing
os-tra-ciz-ing
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- ostracizing is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
ostracizing synonyms
Meaning deny (someone) access to a place, group, or privilege:
Meaning persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution:
Meaning reject with disdain or contempt:
Meaning fail to show due affection or concern for (someone); rebuff:
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest:
Meaning reject (a candidate applying to become a member of a private club), typically by means of a secret ballot:
Meaning put on a blacklist:
Meaning keep away from or stop oneself from doing (something):
Meaning refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally:
Meaning rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully:
Meaning fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars:
Meaning officially or legally prohibit (something):
Meaning exclude or prohibit (someone) officially from doing something:
Meaning send (someone) away from a country or place as an official punishment:
Meaning expel and bar (someone) from their native country, typically for political or punitive reasons:
Meaning force (someone) to leave a place:
Meaning exclude (someone) from fellowship:
Meaning make (something) blank or empty:
Meaning ignore or refuse to recognize (someone):
Meaning officially exclude (someone) from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church:
ostracizing antonyms
Meaning greet (someone arriving) in a polite or friendly way:
Meaning consent to receive or undertake (something offered):
Meaning act as or become a friend to (someone), especially when they are in need of help or support:
Meaning comprise or contain as part of a whole:
Anagrams of ostracizing
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