different between ostracise vs ostracism

English

Verb

ostracise (third-person singular simple present ostracises, present participle ostracising, simple past and past participle ostracised)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of ostracize.

Anagrams

• Croatises, Socratise

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: ostracisent, ostracises

Verb

ostracise

1. first-person singular present indicative of ostraciser
2. third-person singular present indicative of ostraciser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ostraciser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ostraciser
5. second-person singular imperative of ostraciser

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????????? (ostrakismós, “banishment by means of voting with pot shards”), from ??????????? (ostrakízein, “ostracize”) + -????? (-ismós, “-ism”), from ???????? (óstrakon, “clay pot”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??st??s?z(?)m/

Noun

ostracism (countable and uncountable, plural ostracisms)

1. (historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.]
2. (figuratively) Banishment by some general consent. [from 17th c.]
3. Temporary exclusion from a community or society.

Synonyms

• (exclusion): ostracization, shunning, petalism

Derived terms

• ostracize, ostracise

Translations

See also

• send to Coventry

Anagrams

• Castroism, Croatisms, Socratism, microsats, rotacisms

Romanian

Etymology

From French ostracisme

Noun

ostracism n (uncountable)

1. ostracism

Declension