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Definition of Ostracisms
1. ostracism [n] - See also: ostracism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostracisms
Literary usage of Ostracisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First, King of England by Isaac Disraeli (1851)
"The various ostracisms which have been practised by some States, ... yet were
not the less unjust and cruel—but these ostracisms were bloodless ! ..."
2. The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian by Edward King (1875)
"Mob violence, Ku-Klux mysteries, and social ostracisms were tried as agencies to
deter Northern teachers from doing their good work. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1837)
"Could the reader be induced to view, with an examination equally dispassionate,
the several ostracisms of Aristide« and ..."
4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"... Men did not look to the interests of the community, but used ostracisms for
party purposes" ..."
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