blackballs
Excludes by ballot
Blackballs is the plural of blackball and the third-person singular verb form.
To blackball someone is to reject them from membership in a club or organization, or more broadly to exclude or ostracize them: The committee blackballed his application.
The term comes from the practice of voting with colored balls—a black ball signifying rejection.
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- expulsionForced permanent removal
- banishmentForced removal from place
rejection · pariah · outcast · persona non grata · cold-shouldering · alienation · marginalization · excommunication
Voting document
- vetoOfficial refusal to approve
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- nixForbid or cancel
- disapproveJudge as wrong
oppose · block · unanimous · secret ballot · membership · club · fraternity · lodge
ostracism
Banishment from a group
- shunningDeliberately avoiding someone
- boycottOrganized economic protest
- expulsionForced permanent removal
banishment · rejection · pariah · outcast · persona non grata · cold-shouldering · alienation · marginalization · excommunication · debarment
ballot
Voting document
disapprove · oppose · block · unanimous · secret ballot · membership · club · fraternity · lodge · committee
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- intoleranceUnwillingness to accept differences
disfavor · animosity · hostility · spite · malice · ill-will · vendetta · grudge · enmity · antagonism
- restrictionsban, bans, limits, limit, restrictions