ostracism
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ostracism
- /ˈɒstɹəsɪz(ə)m/ UK
- /ˈɒs trəˌsɪz əm/ US
Where it comes from
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”).
noun ostracisms
- In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. For this manner of banishment for a time, called ostracismos, was no punishment for any fault committed, but a mitigation and taking away of the envy of the people, which delighted to pluck down their stomacks that too much seemed to exceed in greatness: […]
- Banishment by some general consent. If I have deserved the land should spue me out, I will feed my selfe with the idle and windy conceite of an Ostracisme, and my unregarded poore selfe shall be all the richesse and commpany I crave to transport and if a Princes word […]
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Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
Similar: ostracization, petalism, shunning, avoidance, blackballing, blacklisting, discommendation, ostracism, silent treatment
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noun in ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote
| Español | ostracismo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 陶片追放 tōhentsuihō |
| 中文 | 陶片放逐制 táopiàn fàngzhúzhì |
| Português | ostracismo |
| Français | ostracisme |
| Deutsch | Scherbengericht |
| Italiano | ostracismo |
| Ελληνικά | εξοστρακισμός exostrakismós, οστρακισμός ostrakismós |
| Русский | остраки́зм ostrakízm |
noun banishment, exclusion from community
| Español | ostracismo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 村八分 murahachibu |
| 中文 | 放逐 fàngzhú |
| हिन्दी | बहिष्कार bahiṣkār |
| Português | ostracismo |
| Français | ostracisme |
| Deutsch | Ächtung, Ausgrenzung |
| Italiano | ostracismo |
| Română | ostracism |
| Русский | остраки́зм ostrakízm, изгна́ние izgnánije |
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