different between ostracization vs ostracism

English

Alternative forms

• ostracisation

Etymology

ostracize +? -ation

Noun

ostracization (countable and uncountable, plural ostracizations)

1. A state of being ostracized.
2. The process or practice of ostracizing.

Synonyms

• ostracism, shunning, silent treatment

Anagrams

• Croatizations

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