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.
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