Shun
/ʃʌn/noun
To deliberately avoid or reject someone or something.
Did you know?The word 'shun' is linked to ancient rituals where practitioners would exclude individuals from sacred spaces, effectively casting them out of the community.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱen-
“to strike or cut, implying separation.”
Old English
Old English
scunian
“to avoid, to shrink back from.”
Middle English
Middle English
shunnen
“to reject or avoid.”
Modern English
English
shun
“to deliberately avoid or keep away from.”