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What is the noun for ostracizing?

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ostracism
  1. (historical) In ancient Athens (and some other cities), the temporary banishment by popular vote of a citizen considered dangerous to the state. [from 16th c.]
  2. (figuratively) Banishment by some general consent. [from 17th c.]
  3. Temporary exclusion from a community or society.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “He is afraid of the social ostracism that may well occur if he reveals his secret.”
      “Punishment for breaching that limit can range from ostracism to court martial.”
      “For Mike, bodybuilding was a way of dealing with hurtful childhood taunts and ostracism.”
ostracization
  1. A state of being ostracized.
  2. The process or practice of ostracizing.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “My family suffers from the ostracization I experienced until this very day.”
      “Those ten lines she had preserved in her diary and quoted to metaphorize her revolutionary thinking for which she suffered the social ostracization and lack of emotional security.”
      “Why would members of a minority throw their lot in with a candidate for whom the ostracization of minorities is a key campaign promise?”
ostracisation
  1. Alternative form of ostracization
ostracizer
  1. One who ostracizes.
ostracisations
  1. plural of ostracisation
ostracizations
ostracizers
  1. plural of ostracizer
ostracisms
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