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OSTR-uh-syz/ˈɒstrəsaɪz/

To ostracise is to refuse to include or talk to a person or group (UK spelling): ostracise the night slice, ostracise a cohort. Exclude (already in the dictionary) is everyday; dropping a slice without a note is not clarity.

Meaning

To refuse to include or talk to a person or group (UK spelling; from exclude, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “To drop the night slice without a note is to ostracise it, not “clarity”.”
• “Exclude is already in this course. Shun is the close twin. Clarity is a slogan. A named list with a date is methods. Write the frame; then drop the slice if the ethics minute still allows the cut.”

Good to know

Shut out of the group (UK). Everyday: exclude (already in the dictionary). “Clarity” ≠ a codebook note.

Near in meaning

exclude, shun, cold-shoulder

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