Definition of ostracise Ostracise
/ˈɒstɹɐsˌaɪz/ - os•tra•cise
We found 4 definitions of ostracise from 3 different sources.
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British English
ostracise - /ˈɒstɹɐsˌaɪz/
American English
ostracize - /ɔˈstɹʌsajˌz/
What does ostracise mean?
WordNet
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| ostracise - avoid speaking to or dealing with; "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me" | ||
| ostracize | ||
| shut out, keep out, shut, exclude remain outside | ||
| boycott refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with | ||
| ostracise - expel from a community or group | ||
| banish, ban, ostracize, shun, cast out, blackball | ||
| kick out, expel, throw out force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ostracise
os′tra-sīz, v.t. in ancient Greece, to banish by the vote of the people written on an earthenware tablet: to banish from society.—n. Os′tracism, banishment by ostracising: expulsion from society. [Gr. ostrakizein—ostrakon, an earthenware tablet.]
Part of speech
🔤- ostracise, verb, present, 1st person singular of ostracise (infinitive).
- ostracise, verb (infinitive).
