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ADJ.
established, modern
VERB + OSTRACISM
cleisthenes, form, risk
OSTRACISM + NOUN
imprisonment, punishment
noun
In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state.
For this manner of banishment for a time, called ostracismos, was no punishment for any fault committed, but a mitigation and taking away of the envy of the people, which delighted to pluck down their stomacks that too much seemed to exceed in greatness: […]
Take the ſweete herbe called pleaſant content; with that make a perfume about your bed chamber and where you dyne: the ſavour of this is as ſure a repulſe to exile melancholie, as the oſtracisme was to the noble of Athens.
Banishment by some general consent.
If I have deserved the land should spue me out, I will feed my selfe with the idle and windy conceite of an Ostracisme, and my unregarded poore selfe shall be all the richesse and commpany I crave to transport and if a Princes word […]
Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
noun — the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from soc
For this manner of banishment for a time, called ostracismos, was no punishment for any fault committed, but a mitigation and taking away of the envy of the people, which delighted to pluck down their
WiktionaryTake the ſweete herbe called pleaſant content; with that make a perfume about your bed chamber and where you dyne: the ſavour of this is as ſure a repulſe to exile melancholie, as the oſtracisme was t
WiktionaryWitnesse the Ostracisme amongst the Athenians, and the Petalisme among the Siracusans.
WiktionaryIn 508BC, the ruler of Athens, Cleisthenes established ostracism to prevent the appearance of a tyrant.
Tatoeba · #2693507Cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism.
Tatoeba · #10998301Ostracism was a punishment in ancient Athens.
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In some senses, ostracism is marked as figuratively, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.