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ostracize - Dictionary definition and meaning for ostracize

OSTRACIZE

  • (verb) avoid speaking to or dealing with

    "Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me"

    synonyms : ostracise

  • (verb) expel from a community or group

    synonyms : ban , banish , blackball , cast out , ostracise , shun

    He was ostracized by the community after his shameful act. -added by naila_inlas

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for ostracize

  • (Tag: ) ostRACISM .. racism leads to groupism and excluding a group from the public is to OSTRACIZE.

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  • (Tag: ) He was ostracize because he was OSTRich sIZed

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  • (Tag: Global Cricketing ) Ostrecize = Oz. (for australia) + Criticized ( for sledging, aggresion on field etc) = Isolated or seperated ,Avoided by all Regards, Maddy

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  • (Tag: Hindi) Ostracism or ostracize: Remembered as "OYE EXTRA SIZE" if you become overweight or over size people will exclude/ban you..

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  • (Tag: ) ostracize: phonetically similar to austere life, austere : stern life, not ornated , simple; which happens when you are banished from public favor.

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  • (Tag: ) ost (oust) + racize (race) = oust a race, therefore, social exclusion or ban.

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  • (Tag: ) IMAGINE this--in LKG ramu was Osterized by the other students as they heard that he ate octopus daily(thinking he is wierd)

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  • (Tag: ) cize sounds like siege means to ban

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  • (Tag: ) Ostracized = os (operating system) + tra + cize(size); The operating system has been seize from the list i.e the list is make short.

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