See Also: ostracize(dictionary)
ostracize(dictionary)

ostracize (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Greek; Origin: ostrakizein 'to send away by voting with broken pieces of pot', from ostrakon 'broken piece of pot']
if a group of people ostracize someone, they refuse to accept them as a member of the group
::She was afraid that if she spoke up her colleagues would ostracize her.
::He was ostracized by the other students.
-- ostracism /-sIzEm/ n [U]
::He suffered years of ostracism.