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...
- ostracised. According to Plutarch, who described the ostracism in three of his Lives, the ostracism was proposed by Hyperbolus himself, intending to have...
- boycott in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A boycott is an organized ostracism as a means of protest. Boycott may also refer to: Wikimedia Commons has...
- for all citizens (though only free men were citizens)—and established ostracism as a punishment. Historians estimate that Cleisthenes was born around...
- championing the aristocratic party. His rivalry with Themistocles led to his ostracism, but he was recalled from exile when the Persians invaded Greece. Xanthippus'...
- to Coventry. In Ancient Greece, the Athenians had a procedure known as ostracism in which all citizens could write a person's name on a shard of broken...
- years. In Athens, Ephialtes and Pericles finally get agreement to the ostracism of Kimon, who had become unpo****r for his unsuccessful pro-Spartan policy...
- for a period of ten years from the city, thus giving rise to the term ostracism. Broken pottery shards were also used for anal hygiene. Scholars have...
- for residents who violate rules or customs. It is a form of collective ostracism in which villagers join together to sever social ties with the offender...