🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

排挤

Pronunciation / Transliteration: páiqǐ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
ostracism/ˈɒstrəˌsɪzəm/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"他在公司里受到了同事们的排挤。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    Exclusion from a society, group, or privilege.

    "The whistleblowing employee faced complete ostracism from his former colleagues."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the ancient Greek 'ostrakismos', from 'ostrakon' meaning 'potsherd' or 'tile', referring to the voting tokens used in ancient Athens to banish unpopular citizens.

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