verb Download 🔗Share To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism. Examples : "In ancient Athens, a powerful politician could be ostracized if citizens feared he was becoming too influential and a threat to democracy. " politics history government society law action person 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 student was ostracized by the other children after he moved to a new school. " person group society culture action communication moral Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share Banished by ostracism. Examples : "After he spread rumors about his classmates, he was ostracized and no one wanted to talk to him. " society culture group action history politics moral character Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading