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outcast

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1. outcast - Noun

2. outcast - Adjective

3. outcast - Verb

4. outcast - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Cast out; degraded.

One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.

A quarrel; a contention.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Who knows what true loneliness is - not the conventional word but the naked terror? To the lonely themselves it wears a mask. The most miserable outcast hugs some memory or some illusion. Joseph Conrad

And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long-broken urn, For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn. Oscar Wilde

I want to cover all areas that can be depicted visually. This ranges from fairytales to attempts to enter the abstract and view oneself as a social outcast or someone struggling to stay alive. Günter Brus

A man who marries an outcast is like rain wasted in the forest. African Proverb

I will feed you even though you are an outcast. I will give you drink even though you are an outcast. You are still my son, even if your god has turned against you. Sumerian Proverb

After becoming a thief, one becomes an outcast. Sumerian Proverb

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