ostracize
verb (used with object)
to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc..
ostracise
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a variation of
ostracize.
Example Sentences
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"There are ways of doing things that don't ostracise people or belittle them. I don't like belittlement."
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
"What followed was a deliberate campaign to defame and ostracise me," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2024
French government spokesman Olivier Veran sought to defuse tensions on Friday, telling CNews he was sure there had been no desire on the part of the Darmanin to ostracise Italy.
From Reuters ● May 7, 2023
If she is going to ostracise all members of her own party, allies and friends alike, for all moral failings in the past... then maybe she should start with herself.
From New York Times ● Dec. 6, 2017
He does not unchurch or ostracise any other man.
From Sir Thomas Browne and his 'Religio Medici' an Appreciation by Alexander Whyte
