Word

ostracism, n.
(ostracisms)

the act of excluding someone from society by general consent
<noun.act>

ostracism

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ostracize ostracize ostracise ostracise

semantic pointers

hypernym

expulsion, ejection, exclusion, riddance

the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
<noun.state>

Coventry banishment ostracism

sample sentences

"the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

ostracize ostracize ostracise ostracise

semantic pointers

hypernym