ostracizer
One who shuns
An ostracizer is someone who excludes others from a group or community.
The word derives from the ancient Greek practice of voting to banish citizens by writing names on pottery shards.
Modern ostracizers operate through social rejection rather than formal exile: The ostracizers in the office made sure she was never invited to lunch.
Deliberately avoiding someone
- banishmentForced removal from place
- blackballingGroup exclusion practice
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
- expulsionForced permanent removal
exile · pariah · outcast · persona non grata · snubbing · cold-shouldering · boycott · proscription
Superior influence over others
- controlAuthority to direct
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- group pressureSocial force toward conformity
- conformityAdherence to norms
hierarchy · authority · coercion · intimidation · social control · pecking order
shunning
Deliberately avoiding someone
- banishmentForced removal from place
- blackballingGroup exclusion practice
- excommunicationFormal barring from sacraments
expulsion · exile · pariah · outcast · persona non grata · snubbing · cold-shouldering · boycott · proscription · debarment
dominance
Superior influence over others
- controlAuthority to direct
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- group pressureSocial force toward conformity
conformity · hierarchy · authority · coercion · intimidation · social control · pecking order
ostracizerwelcomer
One who receives arrivals
includer · embracer · accepter · integrator · advocate
ostracizerbefriender
One who makes companions
supporter · nurturer · encourager · embracer · ally
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