as in reject
one who is cast out or rejected by society
the professor is something of an outcast in the halls of academe now that his former support of a dictatorial regime has become public
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Recent Examples of outcast
Watch the relationship between Elphaba, whose green skin marks her as an outcast, and bubbly Glinda flip from enemies into forever friends — set in the magical land of Oz, long before Dorothy arrived.
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Meira Gebel, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
Several rungs down the Happy Hollow adolescent social ladder, three of the couple’s outcast peers struggle to attract an audience for their metal band, Dethkrunch.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Either way, Folie à Deux signals the dawn of a new era for the real Joker who killed Arthur, while our anti-hero ended up as but a mere societal outcast, a jester for humiliation the whole time.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
The storyline involves the disappearance of a high school quarterback and the attempt of some outcast students in a heavy-metal band to exploit the situation by billing themselves as a satanic metal band.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024
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Meira Gebel, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
Several rungs down the Happy Hollow adolescent social ladder, three of the couple’s outcast peers struggle to attract an audience for their metal band, Dethkrunch.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
Either way, Folie à Deux signals the dawn of a new era for the real Joker who killed Arthur, while our anti-hero ended up as but a mere societal outcast, a jester for humiliation the whole time.
—Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2024
The storyline involves the disappearance of a high school quarterback and the attempt of some outcast students in a heavy-metal band to exploit the situation by billing themselves as a satanic metal band.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 26 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcast
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Led by the foul-mouthed and fouler-smelling Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), the team of rejects consists of River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), Roddy Ho (Christopher Chung), Louisa Guy (Rosalind Eleazar) and Catherine Standish (Saskia Reeves) among others including newcomer, J.K. Coe (Thomas Brooke).Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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The true stab here isn’t just that Donald lied to Roy on his deathbed, or that Donald would so callously reject the friend who turned him from an outer-borough reject into a mover and shaker within Manhattan.Constance Grady, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Russia has been committing crimes against humanity and has become an international pariah.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
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Syria itself is an international pariah under Western sanctions linked to the war.Mehmet Guzel, Ghaith Alsayed and Suzan Fraser, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023
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Ana Navarro slams 'social leper and criminal' Diddy in passionate defense of Cassie on The View Sign up for Entertainment Weekly's free daily newsletter to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
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Santa Cruz resident Rus Scott traveled to Crete in June for adventures that included a day trip from the coastal city of Agios Nikolaos, pictured, to the tiny island of Spinalonga, which was once a leper colony.Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Outcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcast. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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