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outcaste
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out·caste  (outkst)
n.
An Untouchable.
outcaste [ˈaʊtˌkɑːst]
n
1. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a person who has been expelled from a caste
2. (Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) a person having no caste
vb
(Social Science / Anthropology & Ethnology) (tr) to cause (someone) to lose his caste
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Noun1.outcaste - a person belonging to no caste
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Adj.1.outcaste - not belonging to or having been expelled from a caste and thus having no place or status in society; "the foreigner was a casteless person"
casteless
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
unwanted - not wanted; not needed; "tried to give away unwanted kittens"
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Imagine people suffering form depression 200 years ago, even 500 years ago, without proper understanding of this condition, many people throughout history have been outcastes and rejected from society just because of a case of depression.
Depression and Clinical Depression by Daniel Roshard / Self Improvement community
Lie argues that Japan was multiethnic to begin with and that today's emerging minorities were established in the pre-modern period with development of social outcastes as the proto-Burakumin and the Yamato conquest and assimilation of the Ainu, were augmented in the modern period with the colonization of the Ryuu Kyuu islands, Taiwan, Korea and the Chinese northeast, and continue today as a consequence of the capitalist demand for low-wage workers.
John Lie. Multiethnic Japan by Richards, John B. / Ethnic Studies Review
 
 
 
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