Word: ostracization
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: os
tra
ci
za
tion
Definition: The process or practice of ostracizing; avoid speaking to or dealing with
Morphemes:
Affix: ostracize
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὄστρᾰκον
Language: grc
Decoded: ostrakon
Meaning: earthenware vessel; fragment of such a vessel, potsherd
Affix: -ῐ́ζω
Language: grc
Decoded: -izo
Meaning: suffix forming verbs
Affix: -ation
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An action or process
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ātiō
Language: la
Decoded: -atio
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Form of -tiō appended to nouns