ostracism

[os-truh-siz-uhm] / ˈɒs trəˌsɪz əm /

NOUN

banishment

Synonyms

STRONG

avoidance boycott exclusion excommunication exile expulsion isolation rejection shunning

WEAK

blackballing cold-shouldering

Antonyms

STRONG

acceptance allowance

Example Sentences

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Some of the members of this order were, like the ostracoderms, cased in armor, but their higher rank is shown by their powerful jaws and by other structures.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon

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