noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb
rejection; ostracism; shunning
Formal, somewhat literary term for actively excluding or rejecting someone from a group or society. Often used in political or social contexts.
彼は異端の意見を述べたために学会から擯斥された。
He was ostracized from the academic society for expressing heretical opinions.
擯斥は社会的な制裁の一つとして機能することがある。
Ostracism can function as a form of social sanction.