shun
shuhn
- v avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
- v expel from a community or group
- Unlike contemporary bands, fifers and drummers shun all modern innovations.
- Like certain Amish and Mennonite groups, Jehovah's Witnesses practice shunning: believers are required to treat as pariahs those who have been ousted from the sect.
- You already drink organic milk, buy free-range chicken and shun foie gras.