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  • 21ostracism — n 1. banishment, exile, relegation, proscription, expatriation, deportation, transportation; expulsion, ejection, ouster, ousting; excommunication, disfellowship. 2. exclusion, removal, separation, segregation, (of races) apartheid; repudiation,… …

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  • 23ostracism — os•tra•cism [[t]ˈɒs trəˌsɪz əm[/t]] n. 1) exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc 2) anh (in ancient Greece) temporary banishment of a citizen, decided upon by popular vote • Etymology: 1570–80; < NL… …

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  • 24ostracism — s ( en) HIST i antikens Grekland röstning om landsförvisning …

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  • 25ostracism — noun 1. the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent) the association should get rid of its elderly members not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry • Syn: ↑banishment, ↑Coventry • Derivationally… …

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  • 26ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction       the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …

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  • 29Social death — is a term used to describe the condition of people not accepted as fully human by wider society. Used by sociologists like Zygmunt Bauman and historians of the holocaust to describe the part played governmental and social segregation in that… …

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  • 30Boycotting — • Practice named after Captain Boycott, against whom this form of ostracism had great effect Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Boycotting     Boycotting      …

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