Lexic.us

Definition of Ostracism

1. 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"

2. Noun. The act of excluding someone from society by general consent.

Definition of Ostracism

1. n. Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

Definition of Ostracism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostracism

ostoses ostosis ostosis ostosises ostraca ostracea ostracean ostraceous Ostraciidae ostracion

ostraciont ostracise ostracised ostracises ostracising ostracism (current term) ostracisms ostracite ostracize ostracized

ostracizes ostracizing ostracod ostracoda Ostracoda ostracode ostracoderm ostracodermi Ostracodermi ostracoderms

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