blackballers
Those who veto
Blackballers are people who vote against or reject someone, especially from membership in a club or organization.
The term comes from the practice of casting black balls to register a negative vote.
More broadly, blackballers obstruct or exclude others: The blackballers on the committee kept blocking new applicants.
People who exclude others
- shunnersThose who ostracize others
- banishersThose who expel others
- expellersThings that force out
- boycottersThose refusing participation protest
snubbers · isolators · alienators · purgers · vetoers · rejecters · barricaders · gatekeepers
Confidential electoral choice
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- naysayersThose who dismiss ideas
- dissentersOpponents of prevailing views
- opposersPeople who resist something
Intolerant, prejudiced people
- racistsThose biased by ethnicity
- sexistsGender-based discriminators
- xenophobesThose fearing outsiders
- elitistsThose claiming superiority
ostracizers
People who exclude others
boycotters · snubbers · isolators · alienators · purgers · vetoers · rejecters · barricaders · gatekeepers · debarment
secret ballot
Confidential electoral choice
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- naysayersThose who dismiss ideas
- dissentersOpponents of prevailing views
bigots
Intolerant, prejudiced people
- racistsThose biased by ethnicity
- sexistsGender-based discriminators
- xenophobesThose fearing outsiders
elitists · snobs · chauvinists · segregationists · old boys network