Question

ostracize Back in the 1950s she had been ostracized by her fellow country-club members for her radical political beliefs. ˈɔstrəˌsaɪz

Accepted Answer

To exclude someone from a group by common consent . In the ancient democracy of Athens, citizens were permitted to vote once a year to exile anyone who they thought might pose a problem to the city-state. The man with the most votes was banished for ten years, even if no one had ever made a single charge against him. Voting was done on ostraka—bits of broken pottery, the Greek equivalent of scrap paper—and the process was known as ostrakizein. Today the most common kind of ostracism is exclusion from a social group. It can be especially painful in school: no more sleepovers, no more party invitations, just lots of whispering behind your back

word	ostracize
definition	To exclude someone from a group by common consent .
eg_sentence	Back in the 1950s she had been ostracized by her fellow country-club members for her radical political beliefs.
explanation	In the ancient democracy of Athens, citizens were permitted to vote once a year to exile anyone who they thought might pose a problem to the city-state. The man with the most votes was banished for ten years, even if no one had ever made a single charge against him. Voting was done on ostraka—bits of broken pottery, the Greek equivalent of scrap paper—and the process was known as ostrakizein. Today the most common kind of ostracism is exclusion from a social group. It can be especially painful in school: no more sleepovers, no more party invitations, just lots of whispering behind your back
IPA	ˈɔstrəˌsaɪz

Common Back Ostracize Exclude Group Consent 1950s Ostracized