ostracize
31Ostracizing — Ostracize Os tra*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ostracized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ostracizing}.] [Gr. ostraki zein, fr. o strakon a tile, a tablet used in voting, a shell; cf. o streon oyster, oste on bone. Cf. {Osseous}, {Oyster}.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) To… …
32ostracizes — ostracize (Amer.) os·tra·cize || É‘strÉ™saɪz /É’s v. exclude; banish; avoid dealing with; (in ancient Greece) impermanently banish a citizen by popular vote (also ostracise) …
33ostracizing — ostracize (Amer.) os·tra·cize || É‘strÉ™saɪz /É’s v. exclude; banish; avoid dealing with; (in ancient Greece) impermanently banish a citizen by popular vote (also ostracise) …
34ostracism — ostracize (also ostracise) ► VERB ▪ exclude from a society or group. DERIVATIVES ostracism noun. ORIGIN Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon shell or potsherd (on which names were written in voting to banish unpopular citizens) …
35ostracise — verb 1. expel from a community or group • Syn: ↑banish, ↑ban, ↑ostracize, ↑shun, ↑cast out, ↑blackball • Derivationally related forms: ↑blackball (f …
36blackball — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. exclude, ostracize, reject, boycott. See exclusion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ostracize, exclude, repudiate; see bar 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. ostracize, ban, exclude, blacklist, bar, snub,… …
37blacklist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. ostracize, exclude (See exclusion). II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bar, exclude, blackball; see bar 2 , denounce , ostracize . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. boycott, shut out, penalize, banish, reject,… …
38banish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. exile, dismiss, expel. See ejection, punishment, exclusion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To condemn to exile] Syn. exile, expatriate, deport, transport, ostracize, excommunicate, proscribe, drive out,… …
39boycott — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. shun; blackball. See resistance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. withhold patronage, hold aloof from, blacklist, avoid; see bar 2 , ostracize , strike 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v …
40exile — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. expel, remove, banish, expatriate. See displacement, ejection, exclusion, seclusion. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Banishment] Syn. expulsion, deportation, expatriation, ostracism, displacement,… …
