blacklisted
Barred from entry
Blacklisted describes someone or something that has been placed on a list of those to be excluded, shunned, or denied privileges.
A blacklisted person may be barred from employment, membership, or participation: Several writers were blacklisted during the McCarthy era.
The term extends to entities like companies, countries, or IP addresses that are blocked or banned from access.
To blacklist is to add someone to such a list.
The practice implies organized, often institutional exclusion rather than individual rejection.
Persistently avoided socially
- outcastShunned, rejected person
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
alienated · excommunicated · banished · exiled · snubbed · cold-shouldered · sidelined · ignored
Blocked from entry
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- forbiddenNot allowed
- blockedPassage prevented or impeded
rejected · outlawed · proscribed · disallowed · vetoed · embargoed · censored · debarred
Marked with social shame
- anathemaIntensely detested thing
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
- disgracedBrought into shame
tainted · radioactive · toxic · shameful · scandalous · controversial · notorious · infamous
Prohibited from export
- penalizedGiven a disadvantage for violation
- restrictedLimited in scope
- boycottedWithdrew support as protest
- targetedChosen for specific attention
punished · frozen · isolated · designated · flagged · listed · named · identified
shunned
Persistently avoided socially
marginalized · alienated · excommunicated · banished · exiled · snubbed · cold-shouldered · sidelined · ignored · disowned
barred
Blocked from entry
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- prohibitedOfficially not permitted
- forbiddenNot allowed
blocked · rejected · outlawed · proscribed · disallowed · vetoed · embargoed · censored · debarred · interdicted
stigmatized
Marked with social shame
- anathemaIntensely detested thing
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
- unmentionableToo shameful to discuss
disgraced · tainted · radioactive · toxic · shameful · scandalous · controversial · notorious · infamous · discredited
embargoed
Prohibited from export
- penalizedGiven a disadvantage for violation
- restrictedLimited in scope
- boycottedWithdrew support as protest
targeted · punished · frozen · isolated · designated · flagged · listed · named · identified · marked
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, not allowed, off-limits
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- prohibitionsban, forbid, prohibition, forbidden, prohibit
- Social rejectionrejection, exclusion, ostracism, snubbed, shunned
- censorshipbanned books, censored, banned, book banning, book bans
blacklistedwhitelisted
Explicitly permitted entry
approved · cleared · authorized · sanctioned · endorsed
blacklistedtrusted
Earned belief in
vetted · vouched for · in good standing · recommended · favored
- Hollywood blacklistFilm industry political exclusion