English noun: ostracism | |||
1. | ostracism (state) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) | ||
Samples | The association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry. | ||
Synonyms | banishment, Coventry | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exclusion | ||
2. | ostracism (act) the act of excluding someone from society by general consent | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance | ||