as in pariahs
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 outcasts
The musical is also narrated by Damian and Janis, the school outcasts who Cady befriends on her first day.
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Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
Sam has teamed up with a pair of sibling vampire hunters known as the Frog Brothers (Miguel Gil and Jennifer Duka), and together these outcasts band together to take on the bad guys.
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Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
His interest in Tess appears to be setting up a future alliance of disgruntled outcasts.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
California Avenue is Blick’s new series about a family of outcasts and For All Mankind spin-off Star City is about the Soviet space programme, with Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin and Agnes O’Casey starring.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
In the world of the film, reptiles—but especially snakes—are outcasts from mammal-centric society.
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Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
Kiedis and Flea trace their own journeys as outcasts and Los Angeles transplants to Fairfax High School and their initial meeting with Slovak, who was far cooler and more confident than either of them.
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Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
There are no varsity quarterbacks or Olympic hopefuls among these quirkmasters, just a heaping of outcasts who believe their lot in life rests on words like capybara and tittup.
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David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
If 12-step groups are the place for misfits and outcasts to find each other, then the Yellow Balloon folk and the Dopes of Dopey Nation are the fringe of the fringe — the misfits of the misfits, the outcasts of the outcasts.
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David Manheim,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 June 2026
Sam has teamed up with a pair of sibling vampire hunters known as the Frog Brothers (Miguel Gil and Jennifer Duka), and together these outcasts band together to take on the bad guys.
—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
His interest in Tess appears to be setting up a future alliance of disgruntled outcasts.
—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
12 Apr. 2026
California Avenue is Blick’s new series about a family of outcasts and For All Mankind spin-off Star City is about the Soviet space programme, with Rhys Ifans, Anna Maxwell Martin and Agnes O’Casey starring.
—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
In the world of the film, reptiles—but especially snakes—are outcasts from mammal-centric society.
—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
15 Mar. 2026
Kiedis and Flea trace their own journeys as outcasts and Los Angeles transplants to Fairfax High School and their initial meeting with Slovak, who was far cooler and more confident than either of them.
—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Mar. 2026
There are no varsity quarterbacks or Olympic hopefuls among these quirkmasters, just a heaping of outcasts who believe their lot in life rests on words like capybara and tittup.
—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
If 12-step groups are the place for misfits and outcasts to find each other, then the Yellow Balloon folk and the Dopes of Dopey Nation are the fringe of the fringe — the misfits of the misfits, the outcasts of the outcasts.
—
David Manheim,
Rolling Stone,
19 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for outcasts
Noun
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Not everyone treated the couple as pariahs, though.
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These factors have turned the Ellisons into Murdoch-like pariahs among many Democrats, and have brought together a somewhat ideologically diverse antitrust coalition, ranging from the more centrist wing of the Democratic Party to the progressive left.
Noun
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Remember, the Lord Jesus did not fear lepers, and leprosy was (and continues to be) a highly contagious infectious disease.
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The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.
Noun
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The most opinionated of these rejects is Smarty Pants, a basic toilet-training tech tool given an amusingly snarky attitude by Conan O’Brien.
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Today, there are hundreds of rejects packed in wood cabinets and cardboard boxes.
Noun
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But the Hurricanes turned speedy castaways like Ehlers, Miller, Taylor Hall and Eric Robinson into Cup champions.
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Other castaways struggled with how to present themselves on screen while playing this game of cons and elimination.
Noun
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Is an invasion by Cuban exiles at the Bay of Pigs the next move?
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The estranged daughter of Fidel Castro has never entirely felt at peace here, in a city of exiles, despite being one herself.
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“Outcasts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outcasts. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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