Preguntas sobre ejemplos de oraciones con, y la definición y uso de "Ostracize"

A: Exclude from a social group

A: ostracize means "cast out" or "be an outcast from your community. "


It's a very negative word. It means that you will not have any support from anyone. People stay away from you or don't allow you to be part of them anymore.

A: It is not allowing someone to be in a group

A: Hi. This isn't a super common word, but here are a few examples. Mind you, it's a serious word typically used in hard discussions.


It's unfortunately very common to ostracize women for the failures of men.

The family was ostracized by the town for converting to another religion.

He was ostracized for his racist comments and is no longer welcome on the network.

You know they'll ostracize you if they find out you like women, right?

A: I don't think it's a particularly common word, so I'm not sure these are common expressions, but some sentences might be:

He felt ostracised from the group.

His drunken behaviour led to his ostracism.

She spoke out against the (political) party and was ostracised.

They ostracised her for being outspoken.


** I'm spelling it with an S because I'm Australian and that is the UK and Australian spelling, but for American spelling the S is simply replaced by Z in all cases.

A: His bad behavior led him to be ostracized. We decided to ostracize her. She felt ostracized and alone. I felt bad about ostracizing him. I think ostracize isn't a formal word, but is also not a super common one. I would use ostracize differently from exclude, ostracizing someone carries a negative connotation, like they have done something bad or are being punished, exclude doesn't need to have a negative connotation.

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After cheating on the exam, she was ostracized at school.

He was violent at a party and now is ostracized in his friend group.

(While "to ostracize" in the active form is gramatically correct, it is never used like that. Usually the word is only used in the passive form to show that someone is/was ostracized. In an active form people use "to shun" or "to disown")

A: “The other girls ostracized her because of the way she dressed.” “Because the other girls ostracized her, she felt isolated.” Ostracize - a group does this to an individual. Used only for people and implies a negative attitude. Isolate - to set a person or a thing apart. This word is neutral. “I need to isolate the different possible causes in order to diagnose the real cause.” Alienate - to make a person unfriendly or hostile especially when they were friendly before. “He alienated most of his friends with his bad temper.”

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A: Exile is being barred from your native country, while ostracize is being barred from a group.