ostracism

Example Sentences

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Its leaders used cult-like tactics such as “love-bombing” and social ostracism to push people beyond their comfort zones, and to isolate and punish dissenters.

From Los Angeles Times

Blessedly, such ostracism has not been the case, and one has to assume that much of that is on Manville’s part.

From Salon

"That review identified evidence of a concerning practice of social ostracism among students, often referred to as a cancel culture," the coroner said.

From BBC

For many, that equates to the right of the Jewish people to have their own state and self-determination in an ancestral homeland after centuries of oppression and ostracism in much of the world.

From Los Angeles Times

You do not deserve ostracism, but you have been led astray.

From Salon