Meaning of petalism | Babel Free

Definitions

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

countable, historical, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

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