shunning
Giving cold shoulder
Shunning is the act of deliberately avoiding or excluding someone, often as punishment or social enforcement.
Religious communities may practice formal shunning of members who violate rules: The congregation voted for his shunning after he left the faith.
More casually, it describes any persistent avoidance: Her shunning of social media was unusual for someone her age.
Formal barring from sacraments
- banishmentForced removal from place
- blackballingGroup exclusion practice
- exileBanishment from homeland
- expulsionForced permanent removal
cold-shouldering · sent to Coventry · social death · pariah · outcast · untouchable · disfellowship · blacklisting
Formal barring from sacraments
- disfellowshipFormal expulsion from faith community
- church disciplineCongregation's response to member sin
- putting outSmothering or publishing
- spiritual exileSeparation from sacred connection
State of lacking companions
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- separatenessState of being apart
abandonment · desolation · cut off · left out · forsaken · marginalization · alienation · estrangement
Act of escaping detection
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- circumventionAct of going around
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
- skirtingAvoiding by going around
keeping distance · turning away · averting eyes · cold shoulder · ignoring · brushing off · looking through · blanking
Severe disapproval expressed formally
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reproofExpression of blame
- denunciationFormal public accusation
scorn · contempt · disdain · disapprobation · opprobrium · stigma · moral judgment · reproach
excommunication
Formal barring from sacraments
- banishmentForced removal from place
- blackballingGroup exclusion practice
- exileBanishment from homeland
expulsion · cold-shouldering · sent to Coventry · social death · pariah · outcast · untouchable · disfellowship · blacklisting · boycott
excommunication
Formal barring from sacraments
- disfellowshipFormal expulsion from faith community
- church disciplineCongregation's response to member sin
- putting outSmothering or publishing
loneliness
State of lacking companions
- solitudeState of being alone
- seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society
- withdrawalAct of taking away
separateness · abandonment · desolation · cut off · left out · forsaken · marginalization · alienation · estrangement · disconnection
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- sidesteppingMoving aside to avoid
- circumventionAct of going around
- dodgingAvoiding by moving aside
skirting · keeping distance · turning away · averting eyes · cold shoulder · ignoring · brushing off · looking through · blanking · ghosting
condemnation
Severe disapproval expressed formally
denunciation · scorn · contempt · disdain · disapprobation · opprobrium · stigma · moral judgment · reproach · repudiation
- cultsbrainwashing, mind control, Scientology, Jonestown, Jim Jones
- interactionstalking, sharing, greeting, helping, listening
- disfavordisapproval, dislike, disdain, contempt, scorn
- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, stigma, scandal
- disrespectinsulting, belittling, demeaning, mocking, ridiculing
- estrangementrift, alienation, disconnection, distance, disaffection
shunningwelcoming
Receiving others warmly
embracing · including · accepting · inclusion · befriending
shunningpursuing
Seeking to attain
seeking · courting · approaching · chasing · cultivating
shunningtolerating
Permitting despite discomfort
toleration · enduring · endurance · abiding · accepting