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All ostracism synonyms

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noun ostracism

  • shunning — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
  • snubbing — to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
  • exclusion — The process or state of excluding or being excluded.
  • barring — You use barring to indicate that the person, thing, or event that you are mentioning is an exception to your statement.
  • banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
  • isolation — an act or instance of isolating.
  • excommunication — The act of excommunicating or ejecting; especially an ecclesiastical censure whereby the person against whom it is pronounced is, for the time, cast out of the communication of the church; exclusion from fellowship in things spiritual.
  • expulsion — The action of depriving someone of membership in an organization.
  • avoidance — Avoidance of someone or something is the act of avoiding them.
  • boycott — If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it.
  • exile — The state of being barred from one's native country, typically for political or punitive reasons.
  • rejection — the act or process of rejecting.
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