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Question: How do you pronouce ostracized!?
And what does it mean!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Aw-strah-sized

It means to deliberately exclude someone!.!.!. like banishing them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Osh-tra-sized

Osh as in gosh!.
Tra as in tra-la-la
Sized as in sized!.

"Ostracize

1!. to exclude, by general consent, from society, friendship, conversation, privileges, etc!.: His friends ostracized him after his father's arrest!.
2!. to banish (a person) from his or her native country; expatriate!.
3!. (in ancient Greece) to banish (a citizen) temporarily by popular vote!. "Www@QuestionHome@Com

os-truh-sahyz

os (sounds like the first syllable of "awesome")
truh(sounds like trunk without the "nk")
sayz(like the word size)

so
aws-tru-sizedWww@QuestionHome@Com

"osh-tra-sized" that's how I say it at least

and it means to be!.!.!.excluded dramatically I guess you could say!.!.!.ridiculed by everyone!.!.!.!.that's how I'd describe it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com