Antonyms for ostracism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : os-truh-siz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒs trəˌsɪz əm |
Definition of ostracism
Origin :- 1580s, a method of 10-year banishment in ancient Athens, by which the citizens gathered and each wrote on a potsherd or tile the name of a man they deemed dangerous to the liberties of the people, and a man whose name turned up often enough was sent away. From Middle French ostracisme (16c.), Modern Latin ostracismus, or directly from Greek ostrakismos, from ostrakizein "to ostracize," from ostrakon "tile, potsherd," from PIE *ost-r-, from root *ost- "bone" (see osseous). The Greek word is related to osteon "bone," ostreion "oyster" (and cognate with German Estrich "pavement," which is from Medieval Latin astracus "pavement," ultimately from Greek ostrakon).
- A similar practice in ancient Syracuse (with banishment for five years) was by writing names on olive leaves, and thus was called petalismos.
- noun banishment
- Your club, Sir Philip, will do me honour by such an ostracism.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- For to Sophia, ostracism had long since become a kind of second nature.
- Extract from : « The Genius » by Margaret Horton Potter
- But is our moral condition the true reason of our ostracism?
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence » by Various
- This is ostracism, and ostracism, so to speak, is a physiological organ of democracy.
- Extract from : « The Cult of Incompetence » by Emile Faguet
- This law of ostracism is as dangerous in science as it was of old in politics.
- Extract from : « The Life of Friedrich Schiller » by Thomas Carlyle
- So they banished him by ostracism, and he went to Argos to live.
- Extract from : « Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
- It was also with Cleisthenes that the measure known as Ostracism originated.
- Extract from : « Greece » by J.A. McClymont
- We read of attempts upon his life, of excommunication, and of ostracism.
- Extract from : « Old Continental Towns » by Walter M. Gallichan
- Ostracism, and two discharges; 41 whites voted of the 4200 who registered.
- Extract from : « Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama » by Walter L. Fleming
- The banishment of egos, ostracism, makes the people autocrat.
- Extract from : « The Ego and His Own » by Max Stirner
Synonyms for ostracism
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