Meaning & use
Ostracised
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Excluded from a group or society; shunned by others, often as a form of punishment or disapproval.
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The whistleblower was ostracised by former colleagues after the scandal broke.
In small villages, anyone who broke tradition risked being ostracised entirely.
A note on using this word
The word traces back to ancient Athens, where citizens could vote to "ostracize" (banish) a person by writing their name on a broken piece of pottery called an ostrakon.
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