陶とう片へん追つい放ほう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

ostracism

Refers specifically to the ancient Athenian practice of voting to exile a citizen by writing a name on a potsherd. Also used metaphorically for exclusion from a group. Cross-referenced with 貝殻追放, a similar term.

See also: 貝殻追放

• 古こ代だいアテネでは、陶とう片へん追つい放ほうによって政せい治じ家かを追つい放ほうすることがあった。

  In ancient Athens, politicians were sometimes exiled through ostracism.

• 彼かれの意い見けんに反はん対たいする人ひとは、まるで陶とう片へん追つい放ほうのように会かい議ぎから締しめ出だされた。

  Those who opposed his opinion were shut out of the meeting as if by ostracism.