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to not allow (someone) to be included in a group; to exclude (someone) from a group
She was ostracized by the scientific community for many years because of her radical political beliefs. The other girls ostracized her because of the way she dressed.
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Recent Examples of ostracized
As if the police brutality were not sufficient punishment, certain friends and relatives ostracized the Mashininis.
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Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
In 2023, the councilmember decisively beat back a recall attempt funded by Santa Ana’s police union and apartment owners who didn’t like her unabashedly progressive views in a city where centrist Democrats have dominated politics for decades and lefty ones were long ostracized.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
And one winner after another used their time at the microphone to praise the theater industry’s history of providing refuge for people who have been ostracized or othered.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 June 2026
After spending 11 months gathering evidence, interviewing two dozen tearful girls and their parents, then being stonewalled by state prosecutors and attacked in the media, they were then ostracized by federal prosecutors, who took over the case in early 2007.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Hernandez's own former volleyball teammates Hadeel Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson were allegedly ostracized and targeted after taking a stand against the athlete in the fall.
—Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
In interviews with The Associated Press, two Spanish passengers — speaking on condition of anonymity because of fears they’ll be ostracized once on land — said that despite the outbreak, their days aboard have passed with relative tranquility.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
You are allowed to have relationships and be in the world and not be ostracized.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 8 May 2026
She was subsequently kicked off the worship team, her family was ostracized and the man who’d attacked her was left unpunished.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
In 2023, the councilmember decisively beat back a recall attempt funded by Santa Ana’s police union and apartment owners who didn’t like her unabashedly progressive views in a city where centrist Democrats have dominated politics for decades and lefty ones were long ostracized.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
And one winner after another used their time at the microphone to praise the theater industry’s history of providing refuge for people who have been ostracized or othered.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 8 June 2026
After spending 11 months gathering evidence, interviewing two dozen tearful girls and their parents, then being stonewalled by state prosecutors and attacked in the media, they were then ostracized by federal prosecutors, who took over the case in early 2007.
—Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026
Hernandez's own former volleyball teammates Hadeel Hazameh and Alyssa McPherson were allegedly ostracized and targeted after taking a stand against the athlete in the fall.
—Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
In interviews with The Associated Press, two Spanish passengers — speaking on condition of anonymity because of fears they’ll be ostracized once on land — said that despite the outbreak, their days aboard have passed with relative tranquility.
—ABC News, 8 May 2026
You are allowed to have relationships and be in the world and not be ostracized.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 8 May 2026
She was subsequently kicked off the worship team, her family was ostracized and the man who’d attacked her was left unpunished.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostracized
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When the Biden administration had any number of bizarre performances, celebrations and statements, Stern and those like her angrily denounced anyone who criticized them.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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The United States, widely criticized under President Joe Biden for not reining in brutal Israeli excesses in Gaza, is now trying to curtail Israeli action in tackling the more existential security challenge to its north with Hezbollah.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
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The two sisters entered the restaurant, ran behind the counter and attacked the 23-year-old employee after they were given a wrong order, prosecutors said, according to the outlet.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
15 June 2026
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Hundreds of people have been killed in fighting between the two countries since February, when Afghanistan attacked Pakistan in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 June 2026
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When the Biden administration had any number of bizarre performances, celebrations and statements, Stern and those like her angrily denounced anyone who criticized them.—
Ian Miller OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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On Friday, the New York City Democratic Socialists of America — an organization that represents Mamdani’s core base — denounced his administration’s move to grow the city’s police headcount in a rare public rebuke.—
Josephine Stratman,
New York Daily News,
15 June 2026
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“Ostracized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostracized. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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