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ostracyzm

//ɔˈstra.t͡sɘzm//
Polishnoun

Definitions

  1. 1.
    ostracism (Athenian democratic procedure in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years)
  2. 2.
    ostracism (banishment, exclusion from community)

Synonyms & related words

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós).

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