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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are ostracized" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where individuals or groups are excluded or shunned by others.
Example: "In some cultures, those who break social norms are ostracized by their communities."
Alternatives: "are excluded" or "are shunned".
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Short kids are ostracized".
"If an officer speaks out, they are ostracized," he said.
They are ostracized at school and constantly hectored by their teachers.
(The name is a play on blacklisting, in which people on a specified list are ostracized).
They are ostracized, and some have been forced to attend neighborhood rallies where they are denounced as traitors.
Indirect aggression can take a psychological toll on women who are ostracized or feel pressured to meet impossible standards, like the vogue of thin bodies in many modern societies.
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It was ostracized.
"We were ostracized and maligned," he said.
Jozef is ostracized by his neighbors.
I'd be ostracized at school.
It perpetuates the way he's ostracized".
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