Definition of Ostracism. Meaning of Ostracism. Synonyms of Ostracism

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Definition of Ostracism

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. --Bacon. Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country. --A. Hamilton.

Meaning of Ostracism from wikipedia

- informed the expulsion. The word "ostracism" continues to be used for various forms of shunning. The term "ostracism" is derived from the pottery shards...
- actually present. The word "ostracism" is also commonly used to denote a process of social exclusion (in Ancient Greece, ostracism was a form of temporary...
- most high-profile incidents involving celebrities. Those subject to this ostracism are said to have been "canceled". The term "cancel culture" came into...
- ostracised. According to Plutarch, who described the ostracism in three of his Lives, the ostracism was proposed by Hyperbolus himself, intending to have...
- classical dance. She has pursued her career in dancing, despite facing social ostracism by orthodox among both Muslims and Hindus on account of her dancing while...
- championing the aristocratic party. His rivalry with Themistocles led to his ostracism, but he was recalled from exile when the Persians invaded Greece. Xanthippus'...
- for all citizens (though only free men were citizens)—and established ostracism as a punishment. Historians estimate that Cleisthenes was born around...
- George Gilbert Aimé Murray OM FBA (2 January 1866 – 20 May 1957) was an Australian-born British classical scholar and public intellectual, with connections...
- the social psychologist Kipling Williams, it is the most common form of ostracism. The term originated from "treatment" through silence, which was fashionable...
- Petalism, or petalismos, was an ancient Syracusan variant of ancient Athens’ ostracism, wherein a citizen was temporarily removed from the city and public life...