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
For Firestone’s outcasts, fashion—and physical appearance in general—takes on world-shattering importance.
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Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Until now, Russia has endured outcast status in the West following Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
Mary Magdalene, as the patron saint of outcasts, seemed to draw them in, welcoming skeptics like me to make room in our minds for more complex possibilities.
—Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
Despite the newfound enthusiasm around drugs like psilocybin, MDMA, and even high-octane, super-psychedelic compounds like 5-MEO-DMT, LSD remains something of an outcast.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
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Audrey Wollen, Harpers Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
Until now, Russia has endured outcast status in the West following Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 22 Mar. 2025
Mary Magdalene, as the patron saint of outcasts, seemed to draw them in, welcoming skeptics like me to make room in our minds for more complex possibilities.
—Eliza Griswold, New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2025
Despite the newfound enthusiasm around drugs like psilocybin, MDMA, and even high-octane, super-psychedelic compounds like 5-MEO-DMT, LSD remains something of an outcast.
—John Semley, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcast
Noun
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The modern reject rejects the academic consensus on everything from the science of vaccines to the benefits of free trade.—
Zack Beauchamp,
Vox,
12 Mar. 2025
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Still, the rejects are legion: Amy Sedaris, Tiffany Haddish, Jim Carrey, Nick Kroll, Aubrey Plaza, John Goodman, Geena Davis, Jennifer Aniston, Andrea Martin, Zach Galifianakis, Paul Reubens.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Biden administration repeatedly used such votes to depict Russia as a pariah state.—
Dave Lawler,
Axios,
4 Mar. 2025
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The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That’s your idea of escaping a leper’s life?—
Lee Chang-dong,
The New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2024
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Not to die having lived my last days as a leper.—
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 22 May. 2025.
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