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outcast

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++out·cast /ˈaʊtkɑːst $ -kæst/ noun [countable]  REJECT/NOT ACCEPTsomeone who is not accepted by the people they live among, or who has been forced out of their home 被〔家庭、社会等〕遗弃[排斥]的人;被逐出者 SYN pariah Smokers often feel as though they are being treated as social outcasts. 吸烟者常常觉得自己遭到社会排斥。outcast adjective
Examples from the Corpus
outcastAfter her divorce she was treated as an outcast by her family.Like Berry, his success with guitar-based music made him an outcast on Black Main Street.Warriors of Chaos, human outcasts from the wars, flocked to join the Beastmen and other creatures of Chaos.Lepers might be social outcasts, but they were not federal criminals or otherwise without the protection of states' rights.In base camp, we were the animals and the outcasts.He completely disregarded strictly enforced social conventions and religious restrictions in order to contact the outcasts of society.The traditional outcast or pariah becomes the hero in this new age.
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outcast
outcast /ˈaʊtkɑːst $ -kæst/ noun [countable]
someone who is not accepted by the people they live among, or who has been forced out of their home
   SYN  pariah:
    Smokers often feel as though they are being treated as social outcasts.
—outcast adjective


out·castBrE /ˈaʊtkɑːst/ 🔊NAmE /ˈaʊtkæst/ 🔊 nouna person who is not accepted by other people and who sometimes has to leave their home and friends 被抛弃者;被排斥者People with the disease were often treated as social outcasts. 患有这种疾病的人常被社会摈弃。🔊🔊 out·cast adjective