blackball
Vote someone out
To blackball someone is to exclude them from a group or organization, typically by secret vote.
The term comes from the practice of casting black balls into a ballot box to register opposition.
Now it applies broadly to any rejection or ostracism: He was blackballed from the country club after the scandal.
As a noun, a blackball is such a negative vote.
Deliberately keep away
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- exileBanishment from homeland
- boycottOrganized economic protest
alienate · marginalize · isolate · scapegoat · snubbing · cold-shoulder · persona non grata · social exclusion
Official restriction on something
- barDrinking establishment
- excludeBar from participation
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
prohibit · reject · debar · embargo · disallow · preclude · forbid · expel
Confidential electoral choice
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- nayNegative vote
- dissentDisagreement with authority
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
vote down · oppose · overrule · unanimous consent · fraternity · sorority
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
- exclusionaryTending to bar others
unfair treatment · bigotry · intolerance · in-group · old boys club · clique · elitism · selectivity
shun
Deliberately keep away
boycott · alienate · marginalize · isolate · scapegoat · snubbing · cold-shoulder · persona non grata · social exclusion · freeze out
ban
Official restriction on something
veto · prohibit · reject · debar · embargo · disallow · preclude · forbid · expel · oust
secret ballot
Confidential electoral choice
reject · vote down · oppose · overrule · unanimous consent · fraternity · sorority
bias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- nepotismPreferring kin in hiring
exclusionary · unfair treatment · bigotry · intolerance · in-group · old boys club · clique · elitism · selectivity · snobbery
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- social exclusionclique, in-group, inner circle, outsider, exclusion
- exclusionsexclude, exclusion, excluding, except, exception
- disapprovaldisapproval, scowl, disapprove, disapproves, frown
- Exclusivityexclusive, elite, VIP, members-only, private
- membershipmember, active member, joining, associate member, dues