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
Some of these mistruths portrayed the killers as outcasts and, crucially, victims.
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Wednesday leads the outcasts to victory in the game of capture-the-flag, or zephyr, rather, but the sore loser boyscouts try to overtake the camp anyway, triggering Slurp the Zombie, who has eaten the brains of several innocent bystanders by now, which is helping his body regenerate.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Fulfill a procreation contract with a handsome member of the ruling class or join a magnetically attractive outcast in a brewing rebellion.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
This may have been a form of punishment or sacrifice of the group's social outcasts, but isotropic analysis revealed otherwise.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
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Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Wednesday leads the outcasts to victory in the game of capture-the-flag, or zephyr, rather, but the sore loser boyscouts try to overtake the camp anyway, triggering Slurp the Zombie, who has eaten the brains of several innocent bystanders by now, which is helping his body regenerate.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Fulfill a procreation contract with a handsome member of the ruling class or join a magnetically attractive outcast in a brewing rebellion.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
This may have been a form of punishment or sacrifice of the group's social outcasts, but isotropic analysis revealed otherwise.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcast
Noun
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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As the saying goes, nobody wants to sit at the reject table.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Between the 1950s and 1990s, South Africa faced a strong boycott movement that, little by little, turned it into a pariah.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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Prince Andrew is pretty much already a pariah.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, in a remote leper village, a handsome stranger brings hope with miraculous cures until doubts grow about whether his help may come at a terrible cost.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
19 Sep. 2025
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Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These new Survivor castaways are jazzed beyond belief, and who wouldn’t be?—
Nick Caruso,
TVLine,
24 Sep. 2025
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Petty received a number of congratulatory messages in her comments, including from a few other Survivor castaways.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
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While Campbell praised his quarterback, once viewed as a castoff by the Los Angeles Rams, as the difference in an offense that has the Lions as legitimate Super Bowl contenders, the pressure should start to tighten on the Browns’ management team to explore all quarterback options.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Aside from Browning, the only other signal-caller on the active roster is Brett Rypien, who was a castoff of the Minnesota Vikings late in the preseason.—
Max Dible,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Outcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcast. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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