0 present participle of ostracize --
1 to avoid someone intentionally, or to prevent someone from taking part in the activities of a group: --
His colleagues ostracized him after he criticized the company in public.
Ignoring the broader community's interests is just as dangerous as ostracizing certain groups from the foreign policy process merely because they are based on ethnic identities.
Hurtful behavior is punished in the myths by ostracizing the offender.
As such, both ostracizing moves were intimately intertwined.
