Ostracize vs Outcast - What's the difference?
ostracize | outcast |
To exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with (them) or by refusing to acknowledge (their) presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun.
* 2003 , Cele C. Otnes, Elizabeth Hafkin Pleck, Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding ,
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* 2007 , Petra Hauf and Friedrich Försterling (editors), Making Minds: The shaping of human minds through social context ,
(lb) To ban a person from the city of (l) for ten years.
To cast out; to banish.
* 1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.1:
That has been cast out; banished, ostracized.
* Longfellow
As verbs the difference between ostracize and outcast
is that ostracize is to exclude (a person) from society or from a community, by not communicating with (them) or by refusing to acknowledge (their) presence; to refuse to talk to or associate with; to shun while outcast is to cast out; to banish.As an adjective outcast is
that has been cast out; banished, ostracized.As a noun outcast is
one that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah.ostracize
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Alternative forms
* ostracise (non-Oxford British spelling)Verb
- Lesbian studies scholar Ramona Oswald has extended this criticism by arguing that traditions such as the bouquet toss and the "singles" table at the wedding reception often marginalize and ostracize lesbians and gays in attendance.
- Children ostracize' other children in the playground, choosing carefully who they wish to play with. Adults ' ostracize other adults, such as marriage partners using the silent treatment.
See also
* cut someone dead * silent treatmentExternal links
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Verb
- All as a blazing starre doth farre outcast / His hearie beames, and flaming lockes dispredd [...].
Adjective
(en adjective)- Outcast , rejected.