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as in exclusion
treatment that is deliberately exclusionary
Teenagers may act against their better judgement to avoid social ostracism.
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as in exile
the forced removal from a homeland
His family celebrated his safe return after nearly a decade of political ostracism.
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Recent Examples of ostracism
The divide between the sexes seems to be widening, with many individuals reluctant to find themselves in the gray area in between, where ambiguity could lead to criticism or social ostracism.
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Jerry Colonna, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The resulting one-sided discourse means that views that don’t align with official propaganda often draw harassment and ostracism.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Yet men scarcely use them (often for fear of ostracism) while women do—resulting in their careers being disrupted while men maintain traction to advance faster and further.
—Susan Rietano Davey, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2025
And dozens of people—including some bona-fide Communist Party members—accepted jail time and professional ostracism rather than name names.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Jerry Colonna, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The resulting one-sided discourse means that views that don’t align with official propaganda often draw harassment and ostracism.
—Stephanie Yang, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2025
Yet men scarcely use them (often for fear of ostracism) while women do—resulting in their careers being disrupted while men maintain traction to advance faster and further.
—Susan Rietano Davey, Hartford Courant, 30 May 2025
And dozens of people—including some bona-fide Communist Party members—accepted jail time and professional ostracism rather than name names.
—Beverly Gage, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostracism
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Unlike legacy plants, such as Westinghouse’s AP1000, which require large exclusion zones and gigawatt-scale builds, SMRs are designed for flexibility.—
Ken Silverstein,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Coming to safety, the company claims that the reactor requires no exclusion zone.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
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Nationalists of various political stripes organized the Korean Provisional Government—Korea’s government in exile— in Shanghai, after Japanese authorities had violently put down the protests.—
Kornel Chang
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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Following its defeat by Communist Party forces in the Chinese Civil War, the Chinese Nationalist movement, led by Chiang Kai-shek, fled to the island in 1949 as a government in exile.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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The former are the fleet's largest, with a displacement of 6,500 tons.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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That fear of disruption, displacement, and manipulation is driving quite a bit of angst, globally.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The 1876 expulsion and fire are part of the historical record.—
Beth Lew-Williams,
New Yorker,
13 Sep. 2025
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Directed by Hayes from his own script, Pools casts rising star Odessa A’zion as Kennedy, a rebellious college student who has one day to get her life together or face expulsion.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Penalties can include ejection, banishment from NFL games and events, and legal action.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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It’s spoken by Jaques, a cranky courtier from the entourage of Duke Senior, living in banishment in the Forest of Arden.—
Matthew Gurewitsch,
Air Mail,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Ostracism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostracism. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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