ostracize
pronunciation
How to pronounce ostracize in British English:
UK [ˈɒstrəsaɪz]
How to pronounce ostracize in American English:
US [ˈɑstrəsaɪz]
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- Verb:
- expel from a community or group
- avoid speaking to or dealing with
Word Origin
- ostracize (v.)
- 1640s, from Greek ostrakizein "to banish," literally "to banish by voting with potshards" (see ostracism). Figurative sense of "to exclude from society" is attested from 1640s. Related: Ostracization; ostracized; ostracizing.
Example
- 1. The statesman is ostracize because he betray many top secrets .
- 2. There are christians who ostracize the transgendered for being different .
- 3. I 've even seen managers allow their teams to ostracize or marginalize the top performer so that other people won 't " feel bad . "
- 4. He is ostracize by his colleagues for refuse to support the strike .
- 5. Unpopularity is a communicable disease ; kids too nice to pick on nerds will still ostracize them in self-defense .