ostracized; ostracizing
Definition of ostracize
1
: to exile by ostracism
Despite his victories, Themistocles was ostracized by the Athenians.
2
: to exclude from a group by common consent
a lonely dissenter, ostracized as an enemy of the people— Robert Brustein
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The first known use of ostracize was in 1649
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