ostracize
verb(British English also ostracise)
[usually passive] (formal)- ostracize somebody
to refuse to let somebody be a member of a social group; to refuse to meet or talk to somebody synonym shun排挤;排斥 He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike. 他因拒绝支持罢工而受到同事的排斥。 The regime risks being ostracized by the international community. 这一政权有遭到国际社会排斥的风险。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Greek ostrakizein, from ostrakon ‘shell ’or‘ potsherd’ (a piece of ceramic material on which names were written in voting to banish unpopular citizens).