ostracize

Other spellings

• (UK) ostracise

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɑstrəˌsaɪz/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɒstrəsaɪz/

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• Hyphenation: os‧trac‧ize

Verb

Plain form ostracize

Third-person singular ostracizes

Past tense ostracized

Past participle ostracized

Present participle ostracizing

1. If you ostracize a person, you exclude them from something.