0 the action of intentionally not including someone in a social group or activity: --
They agreed to the ceasefire out of fear of international ostracism.
AIDS patients often experience social ostracism and discrimination.
Not only was social ostracism inevitable, but couples seeking to self-arrange marriages were forced to renounce any legal claims to membership of their respective religious faiths.
Rather, the pathologies of a rent-based political economy, political ostracism and the social marginalisation of wide parts of the populace have caused political and economic power to fracture.
Statements about one's reliability increase the cost of cheating, since later violation of the commitment brings down more ostracism and punishment - a second and independent violation of a norm.
It acts as a protection against racism and social ostracism but also gives sense and value to a life by facilitating differing forms of cultural expression and social engagement.
Steps such as ostracism, boycotts, loss of employment, and public denunciation could be used against those who broke the law, as could a variety of self-help measures, such as vendettas.
Neither formal rules nor informal sanctions such as social ostracism or socially defined gender roles should hinder participation.
In discussing their experiences, all women indicated incidences of ostracism, disapproval and ill-treatment of one sort or another and from at least one other person.
Fans undergo a high degree of social ostracism from those who do not support their interest.
