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cyberostracism

noun

Etymology

From cyber- + ostracism, coined by social psychologist Kipling Williams.

  1. learned borrowing from ὀστρακισμός
  2. prefixed as cyberostracism — “cyber + ostracism”

Definitions

  1. Banishment or exclusion in a virtual environment such as the Internet.

    • However, while potentially damaging to the target's self-esteem and psychological well-being, there are arguably more harmful aspects of intentional antisocial behavior than cyberostracism.
    • Members often become very involved in such groups, and react negatively when they are denied membership in such groups (cyberostracism, see Chapter 3).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyberostracism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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