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# outcast

«outcast» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who is not accepted by other people and is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an outcast, outcasts); adjective (outcast)

### meaning for a pupil

An outcast is a person who is not accepted by other people and is pushed out of a group or society. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcast/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and ethics lessons: a character treated as an outcast because they are different; the lesson is often about kindness and inclusion. In the Bible: Jesus spent time with outcasts, such as lepers and tax collectors.

### examples

- The ugly duckling felt like an outcast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcast/#x1)
- Nobody should be made an outcast at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcast/#x2)
- Jesus welcomed outcasts and sinners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcast/#x3)
- After the argument, he felt like an outcast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcast/#x4)
- The story is about an outcast who becomes a hero. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcast/#x5)
- Lepers were once treated as outcasts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcast/#x6)
- Accompanied by his faithful and devoted daughter Antigone, Oedipus quitted Thebes and became a miserable and homeless outcast, begging his bread from place to place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcast/#x7)

### note

Countable. Stress on OUT. Similar: outsider (but «outsider» is milder and can be chosen). Opposite: insider, member.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outcast» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outcast/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.