ostracizing
present participle ofostracize
ostracize
verb[T]
(UKusuallyostracise)uk/ˈɒs.trə.saɪz/us/ˈɑː.strə.saɪz/toavoidsomeoneintentionally, or topreventsomeone from takingpartin theactivitiesof agroup:
Hiscolleaguesostracized him after hecriticizedthecompanyinpublic.
Excluding
- acid-free
- apart
- aside
- bar
- barring
- clannish
- count
- discount
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- exclusivity
- freezesomeoneout
- leavesomething/someoneoffsomething
- ostracize
- otherwise
- out of itidiom
- outlier
- overdiscount
- stand-alone
Examplesofostracizing
ostracizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
As such, bothostracizingmoves were intimately intertwined.
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Hurtful behavior is punished in the myths byostracizingthe offender.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Ignoring the broader community's interests is just as dangerous asostracizingcertain groups from the foreign policy process merely because they are based on ethnic identities.
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- mature attitude
- mature audience
- mature bull
- mature cell
- matured
- mature democracy
- mature forest
- mature individual
- mature industry
- mature-industry
- mature judgment
- maturely
- mature oak
- mature person
- mature plant
- mature reflection
- mature specimen
- mature student
- mature-student
- mature style
- mature theme
- mature tree
- maturing
- maturity
- maturity date