ostracism

os·tra·cism  (str-szm)

n.

1.

a. The act of banishing or excluding.

b. Banishment or exclusion from a group; disgrace.

2. In Athens and other cities of ancient Greece, the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.

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[French ostracisme, from Greek ostrakismos, from ostrakizein, to ostracize; see ostracize.]

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ostracism

1. a casting out from social or political society.
2. the ancient Athenian process of temporary banishment by popular vote, using potsherds or tiles for ballots.

See also: Banishment

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ostracism - In ancient Greece, when it was proposed that a person be sent into exile, a vote was taken and the method of registering the vote involved putting the name on a piece of broken pottery called ostrakon; casting the vote was ostrakizein, giving us English ostracism.

See also related terms for vote.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ostracism - the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry" banishment, Coventry exclusion - the state of being excluded
	2.	ostracism - the act of excluding someone from society by general consent expulsion, riddance, ejection, exclusion - the act of forcing out someone or something; "the ejection of troublemakers by the police"; "the child's expulsion from school"

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ostracism

noun exclusion, boycott, isolation, exile, rejection, expulsion, avoidance, cold-shouldering, renunciation, banishment In those days unmarried mothers suffered social ostracism.
welcome, approval, admission, reception, acceptance, inclusion

Translations

ostracism [ˈɒstrəsɪzəm] N → ostracismo m

ostracism [ˈɒstrəsɪzəm] n → ostracisme m
to risk social ostracism → risquer l'ostracisme social

ostracism

n → Ächtung f

ostracism [ˈɒstrəsɪz/əm] n (frm) → ostracismo