OSTRACISMS

Noun

ostracisms

plural of ostracism

Source: Wiktionary

OSTRACISM

Os"tra*cism, n. Etym: [Gr. Ostracize.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.)

Definition: Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage.

2. Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism. Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great. Bacon. Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country. A. Hamilton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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