ostracyzm
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Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós).
Pronunciation
Noun
ostracyzm m inan
- (Ancient Greece, historical, law) ostracism (Athenian democratic procedure in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years)
- Synonym: sąd skorupkowy
- (by extension, figuratively) ostracism (banishment, exclusion from community)
Declension
Declension of ostracyzm
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | ostracyzm |
| genitive | ostracyzmu |
| dative | ostracyzmowi |
| accusative | ostracyzm |
| instrumental | ostracyzmem |
| locative | ostracyzmie |
| vocative | ostracyzmie |