verb🔗ShareTo ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism."In ancient Athens, citizens could ostracise a powerful politician they feared was becoming a tyrant, forcing him to leave the city for ten years. "politicsgovernmenthistorysocietylawactiongroupChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun."After he lied to the whole class, the students began to ostracise him, refusing to talk to him or include him in their games. "societyhumanpersoncommunicationgroupactionattitudemoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
