Advanced and Proficiency Vocabulary for Exams(e.g.GRE, Banks, Civil Services, SAT / LSAT). For IELTS/TOEFL, and everyday spoken vocabulary, go to our Spoken Vocabulary Database.
If you ‘ostracize’ somebody, you deliberately avoid them and, by common consent, prevent them from engaging in any social activities within a particular group. This group can be as small as a few friends or extend to involve the wider society. It is usually done to express strong disapproval or moral outrage at a person’s actions.
Exam DB | Spoken DB | Other | |
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Synonyms | exclude, banish, blackball, | ||
Antonyms | engage | embrace, assimilate, |
People in my local community sought to ostracize me after I was accused of the crime, even though I protested my innocence.
I suffered years of ostracism at work after I sued the company, but I didn’t let them force me out.
Tom was ostracized by the other students because of his strong political beliefs.