"ostracism" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɒstɹəsɪz(ə)m/ [UK] Forms: ostracisms [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós, “banishment by means of voting with pot shards”), from ὀστρακίζω (ostrakízō, “ostracize”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”), from ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “clay pot”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|ὀστρακισμός||banishment by means of voting with pot shards}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós, “banishment by means of voting with pot shards”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} ostracism (countable and uncountable, plural ostracisms)
  1. (historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Translations (in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote): ostracismu [masculine] (Asturian), ostracisme [masculine] (Catalan), 陶片放逐制 (táopiàn fàngzhúzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), ostracisme [neuter] (Dutch), schervengericht [neuter] (Dutch), ostrakismos (Finnish), ostrakismi (Finnish), ostracisme [masculine] (French), ostracismo [masculine] (Galician), Scherbengericht [neuter] (German), ostracismo [masculine] (Italian), 陶片追放 (tōhentsuihō) (alt: とうへんついほう) (Japanese), ostracyzm [masculine] (Polish), ostracismo [masculine] (Portuguese), остраки́зм (ostrakízm) [masculine] (Russian), ostracismo [masculine] (Spanish), ostracism (Swedish), остракізм (ostrakizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (figuratively) Banishment by some general consent. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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  3. Temporary exclusion from a community or society. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (exclusion): ostracization, shunning, petalism Translations (banishment, exclusion from community): ostracismu [masculine] (Asturian), отлъчване (otlǎčvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ostracisme [masculine] (Catalan), 放逐 (fàngzhú) (Chinese Mandarin), ostracisme (Dutch), banning (Dutch), uitsluiting (Dutch), verbanning (Dutch), verwijdering (Dutch), eristäminen (Finnish), ostracisme [masculine] (French), ostracismo [masculine] (Galician), Ächtung [feminine] (German), Ausgrenzung [feminine] (German), útskúfun [feminine] (Icelandic), ostracismo [masculine] (Italian), 村八分 (murahachibu) (Japanese), ostracyzm [masculine] (Polish), ostracismo [masculine] (Portuguese), ostracism (Romanian), остраки́зм (ostrakízm) [masculine] (Russian), изгна́ние (izgnánije) [neuter] (Russian), ostracismo [masculine] (Spanish), utfrysning (english: socially) [common-gender] (Swedish), uteslutning [common-gender] (Swedish), остракізм (ostrakizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), вигнання (vyhnannja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-ostracism-en-noun-jDZbT0WA Disambiguation of 'exclusion': 4 3 93 Disambiguation of 'banishment, exclusion from community': 18 27 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ostracize, ostracise Related terms: send to Coventry

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          "text": "Take the ſweete herbe called pleaſant content; with that make a perfume about your bed chamber and where you dyne: the ſavour of this is as ſure a repulſe to exile melancholie, as the oſtracisme was to the noble of Athens.",
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
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      "word": "ostracisme"
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
      "word": "陶片放逐制"
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "ostracisme"
    },
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
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      ],
      "word": "ostracismo"
    },
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Scherbengericht"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ostracismo"
    },
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      "alt": "とうへんついほう",
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
      "word": "陶片追放"
    },
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ostracyzm"
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ostracismo"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "остраки́зм"
    },
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ostracismo"
    },
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      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
      "word": "ostracism"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "ostrakizm",
      "sense": "in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "остракізм"
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      "word": "отлъчване"
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      "word": "ostracisme"
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      "roman": "fàngzhú",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "word": "放逐"
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      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "word": "ostracisme"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "word": "banning"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "word": "uitsluiting"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "word": "verbanning"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "word": "verwijdering"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "word": "eristäminen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ostracisme"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ostracismo"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Ächtung"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Ausgrenzung"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "útskúfun"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ostracismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "murahachibu",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "word": "村八分"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ostracyzm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ostracismo"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "ostracism"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "остраки́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izgnánije",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "изгна́ние"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ostracismo"
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      "code": "sv",
      "english": "socially",
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      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
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      "word": "utfrysning"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
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      "word": "uteslutning"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ostrakizm",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "остракізм"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vyhnannja",
      "sense": "banishment, exclusion from community",
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      "word": "вигнання"
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}

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