Chinese word

排斥

Pronunciation

Pinyinpái chì

Meaning

  • verbostracize

Example

他因为不同意见被团队排斥了。tā yīn wèi bù tóng yì jiàn bèi tuán duì pái chì le

He was ostracized by the team because he had a different opinion.

Illustration for 排斥 (ostracize)

More examples

新观点在讨论中常被资深成员排斥。xīn guān diǎn zài tǎo lùn zhōng cháng bèi zī shēn chéng yuán pái chì

New viewpoints are often ostracized by senior members during discussions.

Core concept

Treat someone as outside the circle through rules, words, or cold behavior instead of merely disagreeing with them.

Common phrases

  • 排斥异己pái chì yì jǐ

    ostracize dissidents

  • 遭到排斥zāo dào pái chì

    be ostracized

Similar words

排挤pái jǐ: Making someone isolated within a group through deliberate neglect or social distance.
拒绝jù jué: Declining to receive or agree to an offer, request, or proposal.
排除pái chú: Taking an unnecessary item out of a collection, place, or process.
驱逐qū zhú: Expelling a person from a place with official power or force.

Definition in Chinese

在组织或群体中通过制度、言行或态度将某人或某类人拒绝或排除，使其无法参与集体活动或获得平等地位。zài zǔ zhī huò qún tǐ zhōng tōng guò zhì dù yán xíng huò tài dù jiāng mǒu rén huò mǒu lèi rén jù jué huò pái chú shǐ qí wú fǎ cān yù jí tǐ huó dòng huò huò dé píng děng dì wèi

Word origin

In 排斥 (páichì, "to push away and drive off"), 排 (pái, "push aside") and 斥 (chì, "drive away") reinforce one another, giving the word its forceful sense of putting someone outside a group.

Usage tips

  • In public discussion, this word can apply to ideas as well as people, so excluding a view from a debate need not describe personal hostility.

Other meanings

  • rejectverb
  • excludeverb

Opposites

Related words

  • 排斥感pái chì gǎnfeeling of ostracismnoun
  • 排斥者pái chì zhěostracizernoun

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