ostracizable

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os⋅tra⋅cize

[os-truh-sahyz]

–verb (used with object), -cized, -ciz⋅ing.

1.	to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest.

2.	to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate.

3.	(in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote.

Also, especially British, os⋅tra⋅cise.

Origin:
1640–50; < Gk ostrakízein, equiv. to óstrak(on) potsherd, tile, ballot (akin to óstreion oyster, shell) + -izein -ize

Related forms:

os⋅tra⋅ciz⋅a⋅ble, adjective

os⋅tra⋅ci⋅za⋅tion, noun

os⋅tra⋅ciz⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
1. shun, snub, blacklist.

Antonyms:
1. accept.

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