Definitions for ostracism

ostracism os·tra·cism

Spelling: [os-truh-siz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈɒs trəˌsɪz əm/

Ostracism is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 640 anagrams from letters in ostracism (acimorsst).

Definitions for ostracism

noun

  1. exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
  2. (in ancient Greece) temporary banishment of a citizen, decided upon by popular vote.

Origin of ostracism

1570-80; New Latin ostracismus Greek ostrakismós banishment, equivalent to ostrak(ízein) to ostracize + -ismos -ism

Examples for ostracism

This law of ostracism is as dangerous in science as it was of old in politics.

But is our moral condition the true reason of our ostracism?

Martyrdom, in this context, being defined as “mockery, slander, ostracism.”

Shame and ostracism are not guaranteed to be effective; like the recalcitrant husband, Israel may indeed dig in.

For to Sophia, ostracism had long since become a kind of second nature.

What would be the point besides at a minimum misery, isolation, ostracism, and constant behind-the-back derision?

Your club, Sir Philip, will do me honour by such an ostracism.

But what the boy geeks miss, she argues, is that they are not the only ones who have to deal with harassment or ostracism.

So they banished him by ostracism, and he went to Argos to live.

This is ostracism, and ostracism, so to speak, is a physiological organ of democracy.

Word Value for ostracism
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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