(n) the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent), Syn. ostracism, Coventry, Example:the association should get rid of its elderly members--not by euthanasia, of course, but by Coventry
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)
n. [ Gr. 'ostrakismo`s, fr. 'ostraki`zein to ostracize. See Ostracize. ] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism. [ 1913 Webster ]
Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth men when they grow too great. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sentenced to a perpetual ostracism from the . . . confidence, and honors, and emoluments of his country. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
[民族主义 / 民族主義, mín zú zhǔ yìㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄗㄨˊ ㄓㄨˇ ㄧˋ] nationalism; national self-determination; principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three principles of the people 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers); racism, See Also: 孫中山, 孙中山, 三民主義, 三民主义#21153