ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary Builder›Words›O›ostracize
ISEE/SSAThard
ostracize
to exclude someone from a group or society
Synonyms
- exclude
- shun
- banish
Antonyms
- welcome
- include
ostracize in a sentence
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.
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.
Read it in context
- Clay and Conviction Arts
- An Opera by Post Arts