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OSTRACISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they ostracise ... he / she / it ostracises
Past simple: ostracised
-ing form: ostracising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Avoid speaking to or dealing with
Example:
Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me
Synonyms:
ostracise; ostracize
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "ostracise" is one way to...):
exclude; keep out; shut; shut out (prevent from entering; shut out)
"Ostracise" entails doing...:
avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ostracise"):
boycott (refuse to sponsor; refuse to do business with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
ostracism (the act of excluding someone from society by general consent)
ostracism (the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Expel from a community or group
Synonyms:
ban; banish; blackball; cast out; ostracise; ostracize; shun
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "ostracise" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
ostracism (the act of excluding someone from society by general consent)
ostracism (the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent))