verb
- to exclude someone from a group by general consent
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The other students began to ostracize him after the incident.
- She was ostracized by her former friends for breaking their trust.
- The community decided to ostracize anyone who violated their rules.
- He felt ostracized at work after disagreeing with his boss publicly.
- The family ostracized their relative for his controversial views.
- Don’t ostracize people just because they’re different from you.