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ostracism ostracism
ostracism , ancient Athenian method of banishing a public figure. It was introduced after the fall of the family of Pisistratus . Each year the assembly took a preliminary vote to decide whether a vote of ostracism should be held. If a majority approved holding an ostracism, a day was set for the... Read more
Marina Tsvetaeva Marina Tsvetaeva
TSVETAEVA, MARINA IVANOVNA (1892–1941), twentieth–century poet, playwright, translator, and essayist. Marina Tsvetaeva, one of the most original and complex poets of the twentieth century, led a life of fierce passion, material hardship, and ostracism. Her "poetry of whirling and... Read more
Aristides Aristides
Aristides , d. c.468 BC, Athenian statesman and general. He was one of the 10 generals who commanded the Athenians at the battle of Marathon (490 BC) and in the next year became chief archon. In 483 he was ostracized because he opposed the naval policy of Themistocles. However, in 480 Aristides... Read more
Anti-Catholicism Anti-Catholicism
ANTI-CATHOLICISM ANTI-CATHOLICISM. Bigotry against Roman Catholics, as well as the ideas that have rationalized such bigotry, have long been elements in North American politics and popular culture. Like racism and anti-Semitism, anti-Catholicism is a fluid, international phenomenon buttressed by... Read more
William Bayard Hale William Bayard Hale
William Bayard Hale 1869-1924, American journalist, b. Richmond, Ind. An Episcopal minister, he served in several parishes before attaining a national reputation as a journalist. In 1900, Hale became managing editor of Cosmopolitan. He wrote (1912) the campaign biography of Woodrow Wilson and... Read more
Oswald Spengler Oswald Spengler
Oswald Spengler , 1880-1936, German historian and philosopher. His studies covered many fields, among them mathematics, science, philosophy, history, and art. His major work, The Decline of the West (2 vol., 1918-22; tr. 1926-28), brought him worldwide fame. Spengler maintained that every culture... Read more
excommunication excommunication
excommunication formal expulsion from a religious body, the most grave of all ecclesiastical censures. Where religious and social communities are nearly identical it is attended by social ostracism, as in the case of Baruch Spinoza, excommunicated by the Jews. In Christianity the Roman Catholic... Read more
Charles Cunningham Boycott Charles Cunningham Boycott
Boycott, Charles Cunningham (1837–97). Boycott came from Norfolk and after a career in the army retired as a captain. He was engaged in 1873 as land agent by Lord Erne for his Mayo estates. In September 1880 at Ennis, Parnell announced a new policy of ostracizing an opponent of the Irish... Read more
Alisons House Alisons House
Alison's House (1930), a drama by Susan Glaspell. [Civic Repertory Theatre, 41 perf.; Pulitzer Prize.] Alison Stanhope was a spinster who lived in her brother's house and who wrote poetry, which was not published until after her death, bringing her posthumous fame. Now, eighteen years after her... Read more
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. 1912-2002, American air force general, b. Washington, D.C.; son of Benjamin Oliver Davis . After studying at Western Reserve and Chicago universities, he attended West Point, graduating in 1936. At the academy, Davis was the only African American in a white student body... Read more

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