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Social death
Condition of not being accepted as human by society
Social death
Social death, sometimes referred to as social suicide, is an extreme social rejection or disenfranchisement of someone by the wider society. It refers to when the targeted people are treated as if they are dead or non-existent. It is used by sociologists such as Orlando Patterson and Zygmunt Bauman, and historians of slavery and the Holocaust, to describe the part played by governmental and social segregation in that process. Social death is defined by "three aspects: a loss of social identity, a loss of social connectedness and losses associated with disintegration of the body." Examples of social death are: Racial and gender exclusion, persecution, slavery, and apartheid. Governments can exclude individuals or groups from society. Examples: Protestant minority groups in early modern Europe; ostracism in Ancient Athens; Dalits in India; criminals; prostitutes, and outlaws. Institutionalization and segregation of those labeled with a mental illness.
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