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outcast

[out-kast, -kahst] / ˈaʊtˌkæst, -ˌkɑst /


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“Call you outcast, low down, you can’t make it, you’re nothing, you’re from nobody, subclass, underclass; when you see Jesse Jackson, when my name goes in nomination, your name goes in nomination.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

His dislike of this year’s performer, superstar Bad Bunny, makes him an outcast twice-over.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2026

Snake is a wonderfully pulpy, instantly iconic creation, an outcast adventurer reeking of sweat and post-Vietnam cynicism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

In his 1989 true crime book “Deviant,” Harold Schechter characterizes the young Gein as a social outcast, resentful of almost everyone but his mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2025

Every day she is more of an outcast within St. Emilion.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein