Social ostracism, therefore, in the early history of the Church preceded official persecution. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
The word ostracism comes from the Greek word signifying. From Wordnik.com. [A Complete Grammar of Esperanto] Reference
From this practice derives the modern word ostracism. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
And I’m with Ibrahim (apart from the death penalty for homosexuality and apostasy – I think ostracism is a sufficient punishment) on most of those issues. From Wordnik.com. [Swamp Thing] Reference
Voting was by show of hands, except in cases affecting individuals, such as ostracism, when the ballot was used. From Wordnik.com. [Early European History] Reference
Otherwise, he may be risking the same kind of ostracism from their ranks that he used to treasure receiving from the Left. From Wordnik.com. [Disingenuous Dinesh] Reference
Swahili exercised among themselves a kind of ostracism by whipping out of the market any disreputable or useless colleagues. From Wordnik.com. [Freeland A Social Anticipation] Reference
Cholmondeley he was saved from absolute ostracism. From Wordnik.com. [Colorado Jim] Reference
Social ostracism will continue to exist till the millennium. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner] Reference
Never before had he experienced any sense of social ostracism. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
He told me the cause was his social ostracism by the "Blue Bloods.". From Wordnik.com. [Between the Lines Secret Service Stories Told Fifty Years After] Reference
These causes would have brought about a sort of semi-ostracism, had the. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
For to Sophia, ostracism had long since become a kind of second nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
Slavery and sweatshops, the burning of crosses and the ostracism of the other. From Wordnik.com. [A Quilt Of A Country] Reference
But she felt keenly the social ostracism which was still strong toward the stage of. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
The old dread of social ostracism and of suspicious aversion returns with increased power. From Wordnik.com. [Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898] Reference
"With arrogant ostracism, it excludes from every national office all who can not respond to this test.". From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
Episcopalians resent it by ostracism if the cause is trivial, and a "separation" is denounced in the pulpit. From Wordnik.com. [As A Chinaman Saw Us Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home] Reference
So having money bolsters self-esteem and defuses the pain of ostracism — and in the process diminishes actual pain. From Wordnik.com. [Poverty Hurts] Reference
In civilized societies variations from customs that are not legally enforced are punished mainly by social ostracism. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
But while we no longer burn religious and social heretics, condemnation is still meted out in some form of ostracism. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
In small communities action is restrained by the fear of ostracism or contempt of the whole group among whom one is living. From Wordnik.com. [Human Traits and their Social Significance] Reference
No, says Salvy — basically because overweight youngsters have enough social problems without adding ostracism to the list. From Wordnik.com. [Are Fat Friends Bad for Each Other?] Reference
It was pointed out that those who advocated immediate emancipation were coming more and more to be victims of social ostracism. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
The white man who has been restored to absolute power so as to establish social ostracism, segregation and lynching is a success. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 5, 1920] Reference
The film skillfully addresses the issues of ostracism and crime among French Muslims while managing to be thoroughly entertaining. From Wordnik.com. [Making New Waves] Reference
Even now, in spite of her having attained her eighteenth year, this ostracism is a matter of the most perfect indifference to Molly. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Bawn] Reference
Angry enough to confront the social ostracism -- and government indifference -- that most HIV patients and their families face in China. From Wordnik.com. [Facing A Demon] Reference
Yet, in the final summing-up, there would probably have been a traditional indefiniteness about the wherefore of the Gregoriev ostracism. From Wordnik.com. [The Genius] Reference
"You never really see a 300-pound woman who is prideful about her weight," he says, adding that women "bear the burden of social ostracism.". From Wordnik.com. [Why Guys Diet Differently] Reference
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