ostracism
noun
[ ˈɒstrəsɪz(ə)m ]
• exclusion from a society or group.
• "the family suffered social ostracism"
Similar:
exclusion,
rejection,
repudiation,
shunning,
spurning,
the cold shoulder,
cold-shouldering,
boycotting,
blackballing,
blacklisting,
snubbing,
avoidance,
barring,
banishment,
exile,
expulsion,
disfellowship,
excommunication,
• (in ancient Greece) temporary banishment from a city by popular vote.
• "the ostracism of Thucydides"
