ostracism
/ˈɒstrəsɪzəm/noun
उच्चारण ऑस्ट्रसिज़म
बहिष्कार, समाज से निष्कासन, हुक्का-पानी बंद करना
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the act of deliberately excluding somebody from a society or group and refusing to talk to them or accept them
बहिष्कार, समाज से निष्कासन, हुक्का-पानी बंद करना
- Families who married outside the community often faced social ostracism.
- He suffered years of ostracism after speaking against his colleagues.
Synonyms exclusion exile banishment rejection isolation
Opposite acceptance inclusion welcome
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From the ancient Greek practice in Athens of voting to send a citizen away for ten years by writing his name on a piece of broken pottery called an ostrakon.
यह प्राचीन एथेंस की उस प्रथा से आया है जिसमें मिट्टी के टूटे टुकड़े (ostrakon) पर नाम लिखकर किसी नागरिक को दस वर्ष के लिए निर्वासित करने का मतदान होता था।
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To exclude somebody from a group or society is to ostracize them.
किसी को समूह या समाज से बाहर कर देना ostracize कहलाता है।