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: rejected or cast out by society
I felt no longer outcast, vagrant, and disowned by the wide world.—
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte BrontëHe breaks through the stereotype and humanizes this outcast group of young people.—Publishers Weekly
Publishers WeeklyTom was like the rest of the respectable boys, in that he envied Huckleberry his gaudy outcast condition, and was under strict orders not to play with him.—Mark Twain
Mark Twain2
: thrown aside : discarded
a pile of outcast furniture
outcast beliefs
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Noun
She felt like a social outcast.
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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Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
With townspeople convinced that the athlete was sucked up by the waves of satanism spreading across the country, a group of outcasts in a band named Dethkrunch decides to lean into the panic, turning the members into targets themselves.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 June 2023
Her antagonist is Val Turner (Bathé), the principled, relentless and socially outcast FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil her ambitious plan.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 May 2022
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Noun
Former President Donald Trump, considered a political outcast after losing the presidency in 2020 and an attack by his supporters on the U.S. Capitol, was elected to another term on Wednesday in a decisive and astounding victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2024
With townspeople convinced that the athlete was sucked up by the waves of satanism spreading across the country, a group of outcasts in a band named Dethkrunch decides to lean into the panic, turning the members into targets themselves.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024
Adjective
The title character of Nimona is a redheaded shape-shifter (Chloë Grace Moretz) who befriends outcast knight Sir Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed) after the latter is framed for the murder of the queen (Lorraine Toussaint).
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 30 June 2023
Her antagonist is Val Turner (Bathé), the principled, relentless and socially outcast FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil her ambitious plan.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 12 May 2022
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“Outcast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outcast. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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