OSTRACISMS Synonyms: 64 Similar and Opposite Words

ostracisms

noun

plural of ostracism

as in exclusions

treatment that is deliberately exclusionary Teenagers may act against their better judgement to avoid social ostracism.

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as in exiles

the forced removal from a homeland His family celebrated his safe return after nearly a decade of political ostracism.

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Noun

In addition to these categorical exclusions, there is an annual exclusion amount which is currently $19,000 for calendar years 2025 and 2026 (inflation-adjusted thereafter).

— Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Of those requests, the agency granted 170,084 exclusions and denied 59,134, with 44,325 exclusion requests rejected or withdrawn during the process.

— Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2025

Definition of exclusions

Noun

Candidates up and down the ballot seized the moment to stake their position against Cuba’s communist government to voters in Florida, which has the most Cuban exiles in the country.

— Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
Producers Arya Ibrahim and Gita Fara describe the project as a story of the political upheaval of 1965, which tore families apart and left people who lost their citizenship living as exiles.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of exiles

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But this is 2026 and the world is weaning off larger displacements.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
For two different transitions, the researchers measured displacements of about 240 ± 16 nanometers and 463 ± 20 nanometers, closely matching their theoretical predictions of roughly 232 and 464 nanometers.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

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