Examples of ostracism

• The children had to deal with the heartbreak of ostracism and ridicule.

• Bankrupts often have to face the ostracism of their friends.

• Converts to other religions continue to experience social ostracism.

• Just as ostracism can slow economic growth, demands for methodological "correctness" can slow scientific progress.

• Although leaving the community brought no formal sanctions against the individual, informal social sanctions like ostracism or refused re-admittance were possibilities.

• Thus, a trade union might offer discounts on holidays to its members, and threaten non-members with ostracism.

• The interviewees did not identify these incidents as outright or blatant rudeness, ostracism or deliberate mistreatment.

• Faced with ostracism in the workplace, restaurants and public buildings, smokers might decide to abandon cigarettes.