Associations to the word «Ostracism»
Noun
- Athenian
- Ridicule
- Gossip
- Boycott
- Expulsion
- Plutarch
- Sanction
- Sparta
- Rejection
- Petticoat
- Enmity
- Humiliation
- Exile
- Athens
- Punishment
- Persecution
- Exclusion
- Harassment
- Tyranny
- Isolation
- Sorcery
- Discrimination
- Kinship
- Socrates
- Eaton
- Offender
- Tyrant
- Racism
- Aggression
- Peer
- Democracy
- Threat
- Pottery
- Aids
- Contempt
- Marathon
- Violence
- Accusation
- Withdrawal
- Shame
- Rhetoric
- Norm
- Syracuse
- Bc
- Social
- Insult
- Tobacco
- Citizen
- Victim
- Fear
- Smoking
- Hiv
- Abuse
- Facing
- Employment
- Community
- Procedure
- Ban
- Revenge
- Clan
- Society
- Cigarette
- Poverty
- Behavior
- Individual
- Crime
- Fine
- Exception
- Vote
- Sex
- Sake
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
OSTRACISM, noun. (historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.]
OSTRACISM, noun. (figuratively) Banishment by some general consent. [from 17th c.]
OSTRACISM, noun. Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
Dictionary definition
OSTRACISM, noun. 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".
OSTRACISM, noun. The act of excluding someone from society by general consent.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.