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outcastness

outcastness noun: the state or quality of being outcast.

Noun

outcastness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being outcast.
    • You can hardly walk along the streets of a great city without seeing swarms rushing eagerly in chase of sin, although shame and scorn and outcastness and destitution and disease and death are glaring with fixt eyes upon them.1846, Julius Charles Hare, The mission of the Comforter, and other sermons
    • Hence if we are to look to the roots of the outcastness of the Irish it is necessary to consider other things beside Catholicism.1992, Patrick O'Sullivan, The Irish world wide: history, heritage, identity, page 66

Origin of outcastness

From outcast + -ness.

Questions about outcastness

What does outcastness mean?
Outcastness means the state or quality of being outcast.
What part of speech is outcastness?
Outcastness is a noun.

Words near outcastness in the dictionary

  1. outcasteing
  2. outcastes
  3. outcasting
  4. outcastings
  5. outcastish
  6. outcastness
  7. outcasts
  8. outcatch
  9. outcatches
  10. outcatching
  11. outcaught

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