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Definition of "outcasting" [out•cast•ing]

  • Present participle of outcaste. (verb)

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Use "outcasting" in a sentence
  • "Disobedience to these taboos was punished with the terrible penalty of "outcasting," whereby the offender did not merely fall to a lower rank in the caste hierarchy but sank even below the Sudra and became a "Pariah," or man of no-caste, condemned to the most menial and revolting occupations, and with no rights which even the Sudra was bound to respect."
  • "There is something about location which evokes romantic notions of writing – though the reality is the hard slog of page after page and a sort of social “outcasting”."
  • "They threw you out of your guild, they outcasted you from groups, they reviled you on message boards, and in many instances their outcasting and shaming went too far."