Ostracism

[Os·tra*cism]

Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.

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Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

Noun
the act of excluding someone from society by general consent

Noun
the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"


n.
Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

n.
Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.


Ostracism

Os"tra*cism , n. [Gr. , fr. to ostracize. See Ostracize.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage. 2. Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great.
Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country.

Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

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