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ostracism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. --Bacon. Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country. --A. Hamilton. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: ostracism n 1: the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) [syn: {banishment}] 2: the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
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