ostracize

Etymology


From, from (from the fact that when voting was held to decide whether to banish people, their names were inscribed on potsherds) + ). The English word is cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
 * 2)  To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
 * 1)  To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
 * 1)  To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
 * 1)  To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * German: ostrakisieren
 * Greek: οστρακίζω
 * Ancient Greek: ὀστρακίζω, ἐξοστρακίζω
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese: ostracizar


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მოკვეთა
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek:, , οστρακίζω
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Malay:
 * Portuguese: ostracizar,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: екскомуници́ран, изопћити, низгвернат, про̀гонат, прокуден
 * Latin:, izopćiti, nizgvernat, prògonati, prokuden
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: frysa ut,