ostracism

English Thesaurus

1. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent (noun.act)

hypernym	:	ejection, exclusion, expulsion, riddance,
definition	:	the act of forcing out someone or something (noun.act)

2. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) (noun.state)

hypernym	:	exclusion,
definition	:	the state of being excluded (noun.state)

3. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent (noun.act)

derivation	:	ostracise, ostracize,
definition	:	avoid speaking to or dealing with (verb.social)

derivation	:	ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun,
definition	:	expel from a community or group (verb.social)

4. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) (noun.state)

derivation	:	ostracise, ostracize,
definition	:	avoid speaking to or dealing with (verb.social)

derivation	:	ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun,
definition	:	expel from a community or group (verb.social)

5. the act of excluding someone from society by general consent (noun.act)

derivation	:	ostracise, ostracize,
definition	:	avoid speaking to or dealing with (verb.social)

derivation	:	ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun,
definition	:	expel from a community or group (verb.social)

6. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) (noun.state)

derivation	:	ostracise, ostracize,
definition	:	avoid speaking to or dealing with (verb.social)

derivation	:	ban, banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun,
definition	:	expel from a community or group (verb.social)