ost
ra
cize
Third Person
ostracizes
Present Participle
ostracizing
Past Tense
ostracized
Past Participle
ostracized
1
to exclude someone from a community or group as a form of punishment or social rejection
transitive
- After the scandal, he was ostracized by his colleagues and no longer invited to company events.
- The clique ostracized anyone who didn't conform to their standards of popularity.
- The community decided to ostracize the troublemaker to maintain peace and order.
- His unconventional ideas led him to be ostracized by conservative members of society.
- The strict religious community would ostracize members who disobeyed their rules.