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Definitions of ostracism in various dictionaries:
noun - the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
noun - the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
The act of banishing or excluding.
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| (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Naxos, Greece.) Ostraka, broken pieces of pottery used as ballots to recommend exile gave us this word for banishment |
| This term for exclusion from a group goes back to temporary banishment in ancient Greece |
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| (in ancient Greece) temporary banishment from a city by popular vote. |
| exclusion from a society or group. |
| the act of excluding someone from society by general consent |
| the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) |
| The act of banishing or excluding. |
| Banishment or exclusion from a group disgrace. |
| In Athens and other cities of ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. |
| Ostracism description |
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| Ostracism (Greek: , ostrakismos) was a procedure under the Athenian democracy in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the citizen, ostracism was often used preemptively. It was used as a way of neutralizing someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant. It has been called an "honourable exile" by scholar P. J. Rhodes. The word "ostracism" continues to be used for various cases of social shunning. |