as in criticized
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
Pride Nights and radical members of the LGBTQ community, including Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow, have shamed, and even ostracized millions of fans and many players who don’t align with their ideology.
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Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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.
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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.
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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.
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Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
4 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.
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ABC News,
8 May 2026
You are allowed to have relationships and be in the world and not be ostracized.
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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.
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Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
Jon Root Outkick,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
As if the police brutality were not sufficient punishment, certain friends and relatives ostracized the Mashininis.
—
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
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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The program posed a massive political problem for Mamdani, who’s been criticized by both his allies and opponents for his stance.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
Verb
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Daga, Berto, Angel, Bronco Nima and Karmen Petrovic attacked El Grande Americano and took off their jackets to reveal their Los Perros del Mal T-shirts.
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The prosecution said the two activists had incited a mob that subsequently attacked a security vehicle, seized the soldier and beat him to death with sticks and bricks.
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Hezbollah, not included in the talks, has denounced them.
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These tensions flared to their worst level since the invasion this week, when Nawrocki denounced and stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded to him in 2023, over the honoring of the UPA.
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“Ostracized.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostracized. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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