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English noun: ostracism

1. ostracism (state) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)


SamplesThe association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry.


Synonymsbanishment, Coventry


Broader (hypernym)exclusion

2. ostracism (act) the act of excluding someone from society by general consent


Broader (hypernym)ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance









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