Definition of Ostracisms

1. Noun. (plural of ostracism) ¹

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Definition of Ostracisms

1. ostracism [n] - See also: ostracism

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostracisms

ostosis
ostosises
ostraca
ostracea
ostracean
ostraceans
ostraceous
ostracion
ostraciont
ostracionts
ostracise
ostracised
ostracises
ostracising
ostracism
ostracisms (current term)
ostracite
ostracites
ostracizable
ostracization
ostracizations
ostracize
ostracized
ostracizes
ostracizing
ostracod
ostracoda
ostracode
ostracoderm
ostracodermi

Literary usage of Ostracisms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Commentaries on the Life and Reign of Charles the First, King of England by Isaac Disraeli (1851)
"The various ostracisms which have been practised by some States, ... yet were not the less unjust and cruel—but these ostracisms were bloodless ! ..."

2. The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian by Edward King (1875)
"Mob violence, Ku-Klux mysteries, and social ostracisms were tried as agencies to deter Northern teachers from doing their good work. ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1837)
"Could the reader be induced to view, with an examination equally dispassionate, the several ostracisms of Aristide« and ..."

4. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquitiesby William George Smith, Charles Anthon by William George Smith, Charles Anthon (1870)
"... Men did not look to the interests of the community, but used ostracisms for party purposes" ..."

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