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
The Graham family’s youngest child, Charlie (Milly Shapiro), is clearly an outcast while her older brother Peter (Alex Wolff) falls into a much more mainstream pack at school.
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Erica Marrison, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Player 44, the shaman, finally completes this team of outcasts by haughtily chastising them for not coming to her first.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
But in his day, Gerber’s neighbors were society’s outcasts.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
Wicked tells the origin story of Elphaba, the green outcast who becomes the Wicked Witch, and her friendship with Glinda, who eventually becomes the Good Witch of the South.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Erica Marrison, People.com, 19 Jan. 2025
Player 44, the shaman, finally completes this team of outcasts by haughtily chastising them for not coming to her first.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
But in his day, Gerber’s neighbors were society’s outcasts.
—Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2025
Wicked tells the origin story of Elphaba, the green outcast who becomes the Wicked Witch, and her friendship with Glinda, who eventually becomes the Good Witch of the South.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcast
Noun
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But fans of the show's illustrious rejects — would-be cast members who auditioned but didn't get invited to join the cast — could make an argument their team has had just as much success, maybe more.—
Saba Hamedy,
NBC News,
17 Feb. 2025
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His growth throughout the series is kind of the whole point of the show, from the social reject of the village to one of its most reliable and trustworthy warriors, beloved by all.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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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
Noun
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Winning Is Everything, Stupid, by Matt Tyrnauer, goes deep into what shaped James Carville’s incorrigible character, including his Catholic, working-class youth in Carville—a Louisiana town with fewer than 900 inhabitants, almost half of them inmates at the local leper colony.—
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airmail.news,
3 Oct. 2024
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But one thing’s for sure—there were some among them who chose to become lepers.—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Outcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcast. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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