Ostracism | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:00:34 1 Procedure
00:03:19 2 Distinction from other Athenian democratic processes
00:08:17 3 Period of operation
00:11:54 4 Purpose
00:16:08 5 Fall into disuse
00:17:55 6 Analogues
00:19:24 7 Modern usage
00:21:20 8 Whistleblowing
00:22:03 9 Qahr and ashti
00:23:41 10 See also
00:23:57 11 Notes



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Ostracism (Greek: ὀστρακισμός, ostrakismos) was a procedure under the Athenian democracy in which any citizen could be expelled from the city-state of Athens for ten years. While some instances clearly expressed popular anger at the citizen, ostracism was often used preemptively. It was used as a way of neutralizing someone thought to be a threat to the state or potential tyrant. The word "ostracism" continues to be used for various cases of social shunning.