ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsOostracize
ISEE/SSAThard
ostracize
Meaning: to exclude someone from a group or society
ostracize in a sentence
How ostracize is used in real sentences:
The new student felt ostracized when none of her classmates invited her to sit with them.
Coworkers began to ostracize him after he took credit for the team's project.
“Their resistance reflected an inveterate habit of treating compromise as betrayal, and both groups would ostracize members who socialized with the opposition.”
— from the passage Clay and Conviction
“A few musicians tried to ostracize Sol from theatrical circles for challenging the celebrated composer, but Venn publicly credited her with the work's strongest choices.”
— from the passage An Opera by Post
Synonyms for ostracize
Other words for ostracize — exclude, shun and banish — carry the same meaning.
- exclude
- shun
- banish
Antonyms of ostracize
Words that mean the opposite of ostracize:
- welcome
- include
Where it comes from
From Greek ostrakizein 'to banish by voting with potsherds'
Memory hook
OS-TRA-cize — think of an OYSTER shell used to vote someone OUT of the group.