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Meanings of social ostracism in English

Ignoring or excluding an individual or group, often without an explicit explanation or declaration.

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        Usage of social ostracism in English
        1
        The social ostracism thereby incurred is felt to be a sufficient deterrent.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 4, 1919.
        2
        To him, the Legation was social ostracism, terrible beyond anything he had known.
        The Education of Henry Adams
        3
        To be condemned to a life of obscurity, social ostracism, and genteel poverty!
        The Lion and the Mouse; a Story of an American Life
        4
        The old dread of social ostracism and of suspicious aversion returns with increased power.
        Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
        5
        She is undaunted even by the possibility of social ostracism.
        Anarchism and Other Essays
        6
        Never before had he experienced any sense of social ostracism.
        Oswald Langdon / or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1...
        7
        Finally, there was a certain amount of political and social ostracism directed against Churchmen.
        The Development of Religious Liberty in Connecticut
        8
        Although this is naturally a democratic country, social ostracism is not unknown amongst us.
        Honor Edgeworth; Or, Ottawa's Present Tense
        9
        Questioning the truth of religion was discouraged by fear of social ostracism and other consequences.
        Reuters
        10
        They also fear social ostracism if they undergo an abortion in Poland, the doctors said.
        Reuters
        11
        This is one of the evils of social ostracism.
        We Two: A Novel
        12
        He told me the cause was his social ostracism by the "Blue Bloods."
        Between the Lines: Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After
        13
        They still laboured under a sense of having been compromised, and of resultant social ostracism.
        Deadham Hard: A Romance
        14
        For the average Christian, loss of business, social ostracism, bitter hatred, are the common price.
        New Forces in Old China: An Inevitable Awakening
        15
        Could social ostracism and labeling have induced them in the "patients"?
        The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology
        16
        Isn't it monstrous that a state-fixed degree of misconduct should earn a man social ostracism?
        At a Winter's Fire
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