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ostracize

Syllabification: (os·tra·cize)

Pronunciation: /ˈästrəˌsīz/

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Definition of ostracize

verb

[with object]

exclude (someone) from a society or group:a group of people who have been ridiculed, ostracized, and persecuted for centuries
(in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or too powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote.