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What is another word for Outcasting?

Pronunciation: [ˈa͡ʊtkastɪŋ] (IPA)

Outcasting is the process of socially excluding a person or group from a community or society. It is often used as a means of punishment or retribution. Synonyms for outcasting include banishment, ostracism, exclusion, expulsion, shunning, segregation, and isolation. Banishment is a legal punishment where a person is ordered to leave a specific place or area. Ostracism is a process where an individual is intentionally excluded from a group or community. Exclusion and expulsion are similar terms that refer to the act of keeping someone out or forcing them to leave a group or community. Shunning is a social phenomenon where people deliberately avoid or ignore an individual or group. Segregation and isolation are terms that are used to describe the enforced separation of individuals or groups based on their race, religion, or social status.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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Freddy had never told his sister that he had refused the hospitality and cut himself off from the friendship of more than two English families, residents in Cairo, because they had taken a prominent part in the Outcasting of Michael Ireton from English society when he had married Hadassah Lekejian.
"There was a King in Egypt"
Norma Lorimer
There was, now, not the least hope of an Outcasting.
"The Way of the Gods"
John Luther Long
Mr. Froude says it was proposed that the "worst money might be sent to Ireland, as the general dust-heap for the Outcasting of England's vileness."
"An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800"
Mary Frances Cusack

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