ostracize

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ὀστρακίζω (ostrakízō, “to banish from a city by ostracism”), from ὄστρᾰκον (óstrăkon, “earthenware vessel; fragment of such a vessel, potsherd”) (from the fact that when voting was held to decide whether to banish people, their names were inscribed on potsherds) + -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō, suffix forming verbs)). The English word is cognate with French ostraciser. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒstɹəsaɪz/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑstɹəˌsaɪz/ Hyphenation: os‧trac‧ize === Verb === ostracize (third-person singular simple present ostracizes, present participle ostracizing, simple past and past participle ostracized) (American spelling, Oxford British English) (transitive, Ancient Greece, historical) To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism. [from mid 19th c.] (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.] Synonyms: blackball, cut someone dead, give someone the cold shoulder, send to Coventry, leper; see also Thesaurus:ignore Antonyms: see Thesaurus:pay attention ==== Alternative forms ==== ostracise (British spelling) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ostracism ostracon, ostrakon ostracum ostracy (obsolete, rare) ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== silent treatment === Notes === === References === === Further reading === ostracism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “ostracize”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === Croatizes, Socratize, socratize == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: os‧tra‧ci‧ze === Verb === ostracize inflection of ostracizar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative