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
Hacks stars Jean Smart, playing a legendary Las Vegas entertainer who forms a dark mentorship with an entitled outcast 25-year-old (Hannah Einbinder).
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Take a social outcast protagonist, surround her with an ensemble cast, add in an Ed Sheeran lookalike and unusual camera and edit work, throw it all into a genre blender, and top it off with a homage to the tradition of spaghetti in film.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Concerned that six-year-old Frank would feel like an outcast in overwhelmingly white Luxembourg, Perle finessed the paperwork on behalf of Army lieutenant colonel Bert Cumby and his wife.
—CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Living in the Void with a myriad of Marvel outcasts, the character is toxically positive to conceal his gross behavior.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Take a social outcast protagonist, surround her with an ensemble cast, add in an Ed Sheeran lookalike and unusual camera and edit work, throw it all into a genre blender, and top it off with a homage to the tradition of spaghetti in film.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2025
Concerned that six-year-old Frank would feel like an outcast in overwhelmingly white Luxembourg, Perle finessed the paperwork on behalf of Army lieutenant colonel Bert Cumby and his wife.
—CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Living in the Void with a myriad of Marvel outcasts, the character is toxically positive to conceal his gross behavior.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
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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 15 Mar. 2025.
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