outcast
n. countablen. a person who is not accepted or welcome in a group or society. You feel like an outcast when others avoid you or treat you like you do not belong.
n. a person who has been rejected or excluded from a social group, community, or society. Often implies a state of social isolation resulting from non-conformity or perceived differences.
He felt like an outcast after his friends stopped talking to him.
After questioning the village's ancient traditions, the young man became a social outcast and lived alone in the hills.
The novel explores the psychological toll of being a political outcast, forced to navigate a society that systematically erases the history of those who dissent.
From Middle English outcasten, equivalent to out- + cast.
From Middle English outcaste, outecaste, equivalent to out- + cast.
Often used with the verb 'to feel' or 'to become'.