ostracism.

The exclusion of a person from a group or its social participation.

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Words that belong together

• social ostracism
• fear of ostracism

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Fear of ostracism discouraged open disagreement.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.