outcast
Other forms: outcasts
An outcast is someone who isn't wanted. To remember what outcast means, flip it around: outcasts have been cast out from somewhere.
No one wants to be an outcast: such people are rejected by their peers. We all feel like outcasts sometimes. For example, if no one wants to sit with you at lunch, you will probably feel like an outcast. There are much more serious cases too: if a person is thrown out of a community or country, they are considered an outcast (or an exile).
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a person who is rejected (from society or home)types:heretic, misbeliever, religious outcasta person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with official dogma, especially of the Roman Catholic Churchlepera pariah who is avoided by otherstype of:
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excluded from a societysynonyms: friendlessunwantednot wanted; not needed
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