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# ostracise

«ostracise» in Mova's school dictionary: **To leave someone out of a group on purpose and refuse to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (ostracise, ostracises, ostracised, ostracising)

### meaning for a pupil

To leave someone out of a group on purpose and refuse to talk to them or include them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostracise/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Used in PSHE and stories about bullying and friendship: ostracising someone, shutting them out of games or chats, is a form of bullying that can really hurt. In history, ancient Athenians could "ostracise" (banish) a citizen by voting with pieces of pottery called ostraka.

### examples

- The group ostracised her after she told the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostracise/#x1)
- Ostracising someone from a game is a kind of bullying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostracise/#x2)
- In ancient Athens, people voted to ostracise powerful citizens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostracise/#x3)
- He felt ostracised when nobody let him sit with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostracise/#x4)
- We should never ostracise a new pupil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostracise/#x5)
- The village ostracised the family for years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostracise/#x6)

### note

UK, Australia, NZ spelling "ostracise"; US and Canada "ostracize". Noun "ostracism". Pronounced "OS-truh-size". Kindness tip: invite someone who is left out.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ostracise» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/ostracise/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.