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ostracism

/os-truh-siz-uhm/US // ˈɒs trəˌsɪz əm //

排斥,排斥主义,排斥现象,排斥行为

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
    • : temporary banishment of a citizen, decided upon by popular vote.

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Examples

  • Many have opted to preserve their very being rather than conform, no matter the cost of social ostracism.

  • Beyond concerns about physical health, skin scratching and picking “has a social ostracism associated with it” that can cause significant disruptions in people’s daily lives, Friedman said.

  • But what the boy geeks miss, she argues, is that they are not the only ones who have to deal with harassment or ostracism.

  • Martyrdom, in this context, being defined as “mockery, slander, ostracism.”

  • Corriere della Sera, Italy's largest newspaper, labelled the authorities' behavior as “vile ostracism” toward those faiths.

  • Shame and ostracism are not guaranteed to be effective; like the recalcitrant husband, Israel may indeed dig in.

  • What would be the point besides at a minimum misery, isolation, ostracism, and constant behind-the-back derision?

  • With the gossip already clinging to her name, marriage to Bowden meant also social ostracism.

  • Shortly after the democracy obtained another triumph in the ostracism of Cimon .

  • Thinking over my sudden ostracism in Pettinger's house that night I only became more and more mystified.

  • While in Russia this took the form of actual massacre, in Germany and Austria it assumed the shape of social and civic ostracism.

  • The white man who has been restored to absolute power so as to establish social ostracism, segregation and lynching is a success.