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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"
Generic synonyms: Exclusion
Derivative terms: Banish, Ostracise, Ostracise, Ostracize, Ostracize
2. Noun. The act of excluding someone from society by general consent.
Derivative terms: Ostracise, Ostracise, Ostracize, Ostracize
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. Noun. (historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. (defdate from 16th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) Banishment, by some general consent; exclusion from a community or society. (defdate from 17th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ostracism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostracism
Literary usage of Ostracism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1876)
"First stand two general reasons ; the supposed occasion of the speech, and the
style of its composition. As far as the nature of ostracism is known to us, ..."
2. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"ostracism AND DEATH OF THEMISTOCLES For some years Themistocles divided the
guidance of public affairs with Aristides and Xanthippus. ..."
3. Athenian Clubs in Politics and Litigation by George Miller Calhoun (1913)
"At all times the threat of ostracism must have been a potent means of pressure
in politics.6 It is easy to see that icism offered the clubs a field of far ..."
4. Democracy in Europe: A History by Thomas Erskine May (1877)
"ostracism averted these greater evils. An innocent citizen was indeed ... It may
be added that ostracism was rarely used; and that when democratic rule was ..."
5. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"As far as the nature of ostracism is known to us, the whole speech involves a
thorough misconception of it : it assumes a situation which could never have ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"ostracism, a political device instituted, probably by Cleis- ... As in the case
of other privilegia, ostracism did not take effect unless six thousand votes ..."
7. A Manual of Grecian and Roman Antiquities by Ernst Frederik Bojesen, T. K. Arnold (1874)
"The ostracism* 220. It should be borne in mind that the ostracism was not a
judicial or penal measure, but simply a political plan for ..."
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