Alienate vs. Ostracize — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Alienate and Ostracize
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Alienate
To cause to become unfriendly or hostile; estrange
Alienate a friend.
Alienate potential supporters by taking extreme positions.
Ostracize
Exclude from a society or group
She was declared a witch and ostracized by the villagers
Alienate
To cause to become withdrawn or unresponsive; isolate or dissociate emotionally
The numbing labor tended to alienate workers.
Ostracize
(in ancient Greece) banish (an unpopular or overly powerful citizen) from a city for five or ten years by popular vote
Themistocles was indeed out of favour at Athens by the end of the 470s, when he was ostracized
Alienate
To cause to be transferred; turn away
"He succeeded ... in alienating the affections of my only ward" (Oscar Wilde).
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Ostracize
To exclude from a group or society
"Lepers wrapped in bandages—ostracized from their villages and unable to obtain work—rushed up to passing cars, waving crude handmade flags to warn of potholes, in the hope that motorists would fling loose change at them before they got too close" (John Ghazvinian). "Lionesses with worn and missing teeth are not ostracized from their pride, but live out their old age ... supported by the hunting of younger females" (Cindy Engel).
Alienate
(Law) To transfer (property or a right) to the ownership of another, especially by an act of the owner rather than by inheritance.
Ostracize
To banish by ostracism, as in ancient Greece.
Alienate
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
Ostracize
To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
Alienate
(obsolete) A stranger; an alien.
Ostracize
(by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.
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Alienate
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
Ostracize
To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens.
Alienate
To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
Ostracize
To banish from society, by a general consent; to exclude from social, political, or private favor; to exclude from conversation or friendship; to shun; as, he was ostracized by his former friends. A person may be ostracized by a formal vote or by a widespread but informal agreement.
Alienate
To cause one to feel unable to relate.
Ostracize
Expel from a community or group
Alienate
Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign; - with from.
O alienate from God.
Ostracize
Avoid speaking to or dealing with;
Ever since I spoke up, my colleagues ostracize me
Alienate
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
Alienate
To withdraw, as the affections; to make indifferent of averse, where love or friendship before subsisted; to estrange; to wean; - with from.
The errors which . . . alienated a loyal gentry and priesthood from the House of Stuart.
The recollection of his former life is a dream that only the more alienates him from the realities of the present.
Alienate
A stranger; an alien.
Alienate
Arouse hostility or indifference in where there had formerly been love, affection, or friendliness
Alienate
Transfer property or ownership;
The will aliened the property to the heirs
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