Petalism

Quick meaning: Petalism is a noun meaning (historical) A form of ostracism among the ancient Syracusans by which they temporarily banished a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition.

Meaning

(historical) A form of ostracism among the ancient Syracusans by which they temporarily banished a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition.

Example Sentences

Witnesse the Ostracisme amongst the Athenians, and the Petalisme among the Siracusans.

They've identified a reference to the ancient Syracusian practice of banishment known as petalism, and what may or may not be a reference to efilism, a branch of the antinatalist philosophical position advanced by Schopenhauer, but what any of that has to do with the lyrics' subsequent allusions to Moby-Dick seems pretty open to question.

Word Forms

• petalisms

Synonyms for petalism

Depending on context, synonyms include discommendation, ostracization, shunning, avoidance, blackballing, blacklisting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include psephisma, psephism, plebeiance, parainesis, pomarium, pedarian.

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