Definition of "ostracising" [ostracising]

• Present participle of ostracise. (verb)

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• "Anti-Venizelist Greece,22 however, after succeeding in ostracising Greek reality and replacing it with delusions, is already struggling to import prematurely, before its time, a foreign reality just to show that it's getting on with something."
• "This year, her best friend won't talk to her, and the entire school is following suit in ostracising her."
• "There is no talk of Obama approving direct diplomatic negotiations with Hamas early on, but he is being urged by advisers to initiate low-level or clandestine approaches, and there is growing recognition in Washington that the policy of ostracising Hamas is counter-productive."