OSTRACIZING Synonyms: 72 Similar and Opposite Words

ostracizing

verb

present participle of ostracize

as in criticizing

to not allow (someone) to be included in a group; to exclude (someone) from a group She was ostracized by the scientific community for many years because of her radical political beliefs. The other girls ostracized her because of the way she dressed.

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Recent Examples of ostracizing Singer’s journey Looking at Parton’s life reveals how a celebrity can incorporate religion into their public persona, without ostracizing admirers from other traditions. — Sarah Dees, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 The deliberations come as the Treasury Department on Monday warned countries doing trade with Iran that new secondary sanctions are in the pipeline aimed at ostracizing nations that continue to do business with Tehran. — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2026 The Vanity Fair article was published shortly after, further ostracizing Adams from her former friends and causing the remaining Eternal Values members to become even more insular. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 June 2026 While going on a spiel about the pitfalls of ostracizing family members for voting MAGA, the TV personality pivoted to his personal experience. — Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2025 By focusing so much on the Jewish people and the Jewish state, these provocateurs have a much broader goal in mind than merely ostracizing America's small Jewish minority. — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 Specific technical and design decisions—such as the decision to use privacy preserving techniques and limiting how long personal data can be retained—can have a lasting impact in protecting our right to privacy and avoid ostracizing people. — IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2020

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Multiple Republicans brought up Bottoms during the debate when criticizing their GOP opponent.

— Adam Beam, AJC.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Raman brought up Gates briefly while criticizing the mayor over the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of federal immigration enforcement during Tuesday night’s debate.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

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Selma Blair was arrested Sunday after allegedly attacking crew members on board a Delta flight into New York City.

— Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026
Arriving crews reported heavy fire on the third floor and began interior operations, attacking the fire with multiple handlines, Hopkins said.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026

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If the main predictor of racial disparities in prison is poverty, then denouncing police and prosecutors as racist won't shrink those gaps.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
Before entering politics, Correa published papers denouncing dollarization and sketched a plan to unwind it.

— Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of denouncing

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