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Ostracise
Ostracism (Greek: ὀστρακισμός, ostrakismos) was a procedure under the Athenian democracy in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the citizen, ostracism was often used preemptively. It was used as a way of neutralizing someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant. It has been called an “honourable exile” by scholar P. J. Rhodes. The word “ostracism” continues to be used for various cases of social shunning.
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Ostracize
Ostracism (Greek: ὀστρακισμός, ostrakismos) was a procedure under the Athenian democracy in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the citizen, ostracism was often used preemptively. It was used as a way of neutralizing someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant. It has been called an “honourable exile” by scholar P. J. Rhodes. The word “ostracism” continues to be used for various cases of social shunning.
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Ostracise (verb)
standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling|ostracize
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Ostracize (verb)
To exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with (them) or by refusing to acknowledge (their) presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun.
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Ostracize (verb)
To ban a person from the city of Athens for ten years.
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Ostracize (verb)
exclude from a society or group
“she was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers”
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Ostracize (verb)
(in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote
“Themistocles was indeed out of favour at Athens by the end of the 470s, when he was ostracized”