outcast

/'autkɑ:st/
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outcast

A lonely outcast sits on a park bench watching children play.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A person who is rejected or cast out from society or a social group: An outcast is someone who has been excluded, shunned, or ostracized by their community, family, or peers.
    • A person who is homeless or without a place in society: This can refer to someone who is figuratively or literally without a home or social standing.

  2. Adjective:

    • Excluded from a society or group: Describes the state of being rejected or cast out.
    • Homeless or friendless: Describes a state of being without a home or social connections.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • After the scandal, he became a social outcast.
    • The novel tells the story of an outcast who finds a new family.
  • Adjective:
    • She felt outcast and alone in the new city.
    • They provided shelter for outcast families.
Advanced Usage
  • "To live as an outcast": To exist in a state of social rejection.
    • He chose to live as an outcast in the wilderness.
  • "To make an outcast of someone": To cause someone to become rejected.
    • The community's harsh rumors made an outcast of the young woman.
Variants and Related Words
  • Outcaste (noun): In some South Asian contexts, a person who has been expelled from their caste. (Note: This is a distinct, culture-specific term related to caste systems.)
  • Outcastness (noun): The state or condition of being an outcast. (This is a less common derived noun.)
Synonyms
  • Noun: Pariah, exile, reject, leper, outsider.
  • Adjective: Ostracized, exiled, rejected, forsaken.
Related Phrases
  • Cast out (phrasal verb): To expel or drive someone away. This is the verbal action that creates an outcast.
    • He was cast out of the village for his beliefs.
  • Social outcast: A common collocation emphasizing rejection from society.
    • Fear of becoming a social outcast kept her silent.
Related Idioms
  • To be beyond the pale: To be considered unacceptable and outside the bounds of society, similar to being an outcast.
    • His radical ideas put him beyond the pale in their eyes.
outcast

A lonely outcast sits on a park bench watching children play.

Adjective
  1. excluded from a society
Noun
  1. a person who is rejected (from society or home)

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