Ostracise vs. Ostracize

Ostraciseverb

standard spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling|ostracize

Ostraciseverb

Same as ostracize.

Ostraciseverb

expel from a community or group

Ostraciseverb

avoid speaking to or dealing with;

Ostracizeverb

To exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with (them) or by refusing to acknowledge (their) presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun.

Ostracizeverb

(historical) To ban a person from the city of Athens for ten years.

Ostracizeverb

To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.

Ostracizeverb

To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from conversation or friendship; to shun; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. A person may be ostracized by a formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement.

Ostracizeverb

expel from a community or group

Ostracizeverb

avoid speaking to or dealing with;

Ostracizeverb

exclude from a society or group

Ostracizeverb

(in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote