verb Download 🔗Share To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism. Examples : "The school council ostracized the student for disrupting classes. " politics government history society law state action culture Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗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. Examples : "The popular students ostracized Sarah because she didn't join their group for lunch. " person society action attitude communication moral culture emotion negative word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading