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outcast

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out·cast  (outkst)
n.
One that has been excluded from a society or system.

outcast adj.

outcast
Noun
a person who is rejected or excluded from a particular group or from society
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.outcast - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast - a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church
leper - a pariah who is avoided by others
Harijan, untouchable - belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
Adj.1.outcast - excluded from a society
unwanted - not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens"

outcast
Translations
outcast [ˈautkɑːst] nparia m/f

outcast [ˈautkɑːst] out nexilé(e);
(socially) → paria m

outcast [ˈautkɑːst] nAusgestoßene(r) f(m)

outcast [ˈautkɑːst] nesule m/f;
(socially) → paria m inv

outcast
n outcast [ˈautkaːst]
a person who has been driven away from friends etc an outcast from society. verstoteling, uitgeworpene مَنْبوذ изгнаник vyděděnec udskud der/die Ausgestoßene απόβλητος, απόκληρος paria heidik مطرود hylkiö paria מְנוּדֶה बहिष्कृत otpadnik kiközösített buangan útskúfaður maður reietto 追放された人 버림받은[] 사람 atstumtasis, paniekintasis izstumtais orang terbuang uitgestotene utstøtt, utskudd wyrzutek pária paria изгнанник vydedenec izobčenec odbačenik utstött (utslagen) [] คนที่สังคมไม่ยอมรับ dışlanmış kişi 被驅逐者 вигнанець جلاوطن، بے خانماں người bị xã hội ruồng bỏ


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Conceived in the same mood which produced "Almayer's Folly" and "An Outcast of the Islands," it is told in the same breath (with what was left of it, that is, after the end of "An Outcast"), seen with the same vision, rendered in the same method--if such a thing as method did exist then in my conscious relation to this new adventure of writing for print.
I gather the larkspur Over the hillside, Blown mid the chaos Of boulder and bellbine; Hating the tyrant Who made me an outcast, Who of his leisure Now spares me no moment: Drinking the mountain spring, Shading at noon-day Under the cypress My limbs from the sun glare.
He found himself an outcast in the midst of the populous camp.
 
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