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as in exclusion
treatment that is deliberately exclusionary
Teenagers may act against their better judgement to avoid social ostracism.
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as in exile
the forced removal from a homeland
His family celebrated his safe return after nearly a decade of political ostracism.
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Recent Examples of ostracism
But schools have degenerated into Chinese re-education camps to indoctrinate youth in fact-free intellectual dogmas currently in vogue through name-calling, ostracism and concocted accusations of bigotry.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2024
What Research Says About Black Atheists and Agnostics Many Black secular professionals fear ostracism and judgment while networking.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Women often fear that discovery of their complaints could lead to retaliation or social ostracism at home, fueled by the pervasive victim-blaming attitude in their communities.
—Nandita Shivakumar, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
In some ways, the ostracism seems like what she’s wanted, living proof of her thesis on the left’s growing intolerance.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2024
What Research Says About Black Atheists and Agnostics Many Black secular professionals fear ostracism and judgment while networking.
—Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Women often fear that discovery of their complaints could lead to retaliation or social ostracism at home, fueled by the pervasive victim-blaming attitude in their communities.
—Nandita Shivakumar, Sourcing Journal, 20 Sep. 2024
In some ways, the ostracism seems like what she’s wanted, living proof of her thesis on the left’s growing intolerance.
—Rebecca Keegan, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ostracism
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The deadly seeds of the Holocaust were sown at first in small acts of exclusion, of aggression and of discrimination towards those who had previously been neighbors and friends.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The dehumanization of Jews progressed gradually from public exclusion to eventual internment to finally extermination.—
Natalia Romik / Madę by History,
TIME,
27 Jan. 2025
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More contemporary authors whose work on exile is very important and inspirational to me are Solmaz Sharif, Aysegul Savas, Isabella Hammad, Yasmin Zaher, Ocean Vuong, Sahar Muradi, and Jamil Jan Kochai.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
16 Jan. 2025
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In 1936 Schoenberg bought a Spanish Colonial in Brentwood, and the house became a center of cultural life for European exiles, entertaining the likes of Thomas Mann and Franz Werfel and his wife, Alma Mahler-Werfel.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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In addition to the numbers Salvador shared with the Security Council, UNICEF has said that at least 94,000 children are living in makeshift displacement sites where families lack access to food, water and health services, all of which increases their vulnerability to disease and malnutrition.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2025
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In the new complaint, the Young People's Alliance, Encode, and the Tech Justice Law Project accuse Replika of violating FTC rules while increasing the risk of users’ online addiction, offline anxiety, and relationship displacement.—
Andrew R. Chow,
TIME,
28 Jan. 2025
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Marines saw an especially high number, with 3,700 expulsions.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Following that tragedy, fierce debate about gun regulations in the Tennessee legislature led to the dramatic expulsion of two Democratic lawmakers, who were later voted back into office.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Ostracism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ostracism. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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