OSTRACISM
\ˈɒstɹɐsˌɪzəm], \ˈɒstɹɐsˌɪzəm], \ˈɒ_s_t_ɹ_ɐ_s_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of OSTRACISM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
By Princeton University
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the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent); "the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
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Banishment by popular vote, - a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
By Oddity Software
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Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
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Banishment by popular vote, - a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.
By Noah Webster.
By James Champlin Fernald
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