outcaste
Rejected from caste
An outcaste is someone expelled from their caste or born outside the caste system entirely—traditionally in Hindu society, a person with no recognized social standing.
The term extends to anyone rejected by their community or social group: He lived as an outcaste, shunned by former friends.
Distinguished from outcast, which is broader and doesn't specifically reference caste structures.
Persistently avoided socially
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- excommunicatedOfficially cut from church
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
blackballed · disowned · castoff · spurned · pariah · exile · blacklisted · debarred
Exempt from criticism or harm
Person fleeing danger abroad
- exileBanishment from homeland
- statelessWithout national belonging
- deporteePerson forcibly removed abroad
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
homeless · expelled · banished · rootless · uprooted · wanderer · fugitive · émigré
Deprived of voting rights
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- voicelessHaving no voice
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
- powerlessLacking strength or authority
oppressed · discriminated · subordinated · downtrodden · forgotten · invisible · neglected · overlooked
shunned
Persistently avoided socially
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- excommunicatedOfficially cut from church
ostracized · blackballed · disowned · castoff · spurned · pariah · exile · blacklisted · debarred · excluded
untouchable
Exempt from criticism or harm
refugee
Person fleeing danger abroad
- exileBanishment from homeland
- statelessWithout national belonging
- deporteePerson forcibly removed abroad
dispossessed · homeless · expelled · banished · rootless · uprooted · wanderer · fugitive · émigré
disenfranchised
Deprived of voting rights
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- voicelessHaving no voice
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
powerless · oppressed · discriminated · subordinated · downtrodden · forgotten · invisible · neglected · overlooked · peripheral
branded
Marked by hot iron
- shamedMade to feel disgrace
- disgracedBrought into shame
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
tainted · marked · defamed · vilified · scorned · despised · reviled · polluted · impure · unclean
- social rankstatus, rank, nobility, class, peerage
- Castevarna, Brahmins, untouchables, Dalit, casteism
- Indian castesBrahmins, subcaste, Dalit, Rajputs, Rajput
- social classupper class, middle class, lower class, working class, social class
- wandererswanderer, hikers, vagabond, wanderers, drifter
- Shogunate Japanshogun, shogunate, samurai, daimyo, Tokugawa
outcastetwice-born
Spiritually or ritually reborn
dvija · insider · included · elite · aristocrat