because they have something about themselves they are afraid of being made publicly known, like a secret or a something, and they choose to make fun of other people in an effort to take attention away from themself. it's also seen as a defense mechanism, like how someone deals with stress or problems in their life. obviously, it is a bad way to deal witht the stress.
People who intimidate others are called bullies. They are often insecure or don't know their own strength, and they may have a need to control others in front of others.
These people that act like others act differently from others, and act like some of the others are hipocritical for acting like others when believed that others act differently around the others.
People may imitate the behaviors of others due to social learning, a desire to fit in, or to establish a connection with others. By observing and copying others, individuals can learn new behaviors and adapt quickly to social situations.
People may make trouble for others due to their own insecurities, jealousy, or unresolved issues. Some individuals may seek to control or manipulate others to fulfill their own desires or to mask their own shortcomings. It can also be a way for some people to channel their anger or frustrations onto others.
People may try to get others in trouble due to jealousy, competition, or a desire for revenge. It can also be a way for someone to deflect attention away from their own wrongdoings, shift blame, or assert control over others.
Ostracize is a verb
if the word is ostracize then means: to keep people in a group. Not to exclude people.
Do not ostracize Molly from your circle of friends just because she has braces and ugly pigtails.
The Klu Klux Klan would ostracize any member who defended an African American. The faculty was known to ostracize any professor who opposed the popular dean.
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A mom could tell her son, "Dont ostracize your brother!" as in dont leave him out and make sure he is included
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Exile or Excommunicate are a couple ones with powerful connotations. Ostracize, or possibly exclude also might be what you are looking for.
Scout feels anger when she witnesses injustice and prejudice towards others, especially towards her father, Atticus, or her friend, Tom Robinson. She also becomes angry when people mistreat Boo Radley or ostracize him without knowing the truth about him.
To be "ostracized" means to be totally shunned by those around you. You "cease to exist". Everyone ignores you, they walk past you as if you aren't there. If you interject into a conversation with other people, it is not acknowledged - it is as if you are invisible. You become what George Orwell called a "non-person".
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Shakespeare did not use the word ostracize so you must be thinking of someone else's Romeo and Juliet. Ostracize is a word meaning to banish, deriving from the ancient Greek custom in Athens where the citizens could vote (by writing on bits of broken pottery called ostrakoi, hence "ostracize") to banish one of the citizens from the city as a punishment. "Banish" is of course a word that Shakespeare actually did use in his play Romeo and Juliet.