verb🔗ShareTo ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism."In ancient Athens, a powerful politician could be ostracized if citizens feared he was becoming too influential and a threat to democracy. "politicshistorygovernmentsocietylawactionpersonChat 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."The popular student was ostracized by the other children after he moved to a new school. "persongroupsocietycultureactioncommunicationmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareBanished by ostracism."After he spread rumors about his classmates, he was ostracized and no one wanted to talk to him. "societyculturegroupactionhistorypoliticsmoralcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
