OSTRACIZING Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

ostracizing

verb

present participle of ostracize

as in criticizing

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 ostracizing While going on a spiel about the pitfalls of ostracizing family members for voting MAGA, the TV personality pivoted to his personal experience. —

Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025 By focusing so much on the Jewish people and the Jewish state, these provocateurs have a much broader goal in mind than merely ostracizing America's small Jewish minority. —

Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

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Bass defended her administration’s handling of homelessness, pointing to declining homelessness counts and the city’s Inside Safe program, while criticizing Raman’s record on police hiring and past votes against some encampment enforcement measures near schools and other sensitive sites.

— Teresa Liu, Daily News, 8 May 2026
The spike in the number of homicides that Little Rock experienced following the covid-19 pandemic featured heavily in that race, with Landers criticizing Scott’s record on public safety.

— Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online, 8 May 2026