n. [ Gr. 'ostrakismo`s, fr. 'ostraki`zein 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

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しかと;シカト	[shikato ; shikato] (n, vs) (sl) ostracism; ignoring someone; leaving someone out [Add to Longdo]
オストラシズム	[osutorashizumu] (n) ostracism [Add to Longdo]
貝殻追放	[かいがらついほう, kaigaratsuihou] (n) ostracism [Add to Longdo]
共同絶交	[きょうどうぜっこう, kyoudouzekkou] (n) ostracism (from a village or community) [Add to Longdo]
村八分	[むらはちぶ, murahachibu] (n) ostracism [Add to Longdo]
爪弾き	[つまびき;つめびき, tsumabiki ; tsumebiki] (n, vs) black sheep (of a family); ostracism [Add to Longdo]
陶片追放	[とうへんついほう, touhentsuihou] (n, vs) (See 貝殻追放) ostracism [Add to Longdo]
排斥	[はいせき, haiseki] (n, vs) rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism; (P) [Add to Longdo]
放逐	[ほうちく, houchiku] (n, vs, adj-no) expulsion; ejection; dismissal; ostracism; (P) [Add to Longdo]
擯斥;ひん斥	[ひんせき, hinseki] (n, vs) rejection; ostracism [Add to Longdo]

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