outsider, n.Definitions

Outsider (n.) returns ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠home with an outsider's eyes and says what people do not want to hear.

The Outsider (n.) bears, ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠short of capital crime, the gravest guilt there is — being an outsider, hungry and cold, above all if he once had prospects.

Outsider (n.) has ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠all but vanished: digital networking amplifies the compulsion to conform and consensus suppresses idiotisms.

An Outsider (n.) stands ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠outside a group only to the degree that he stands inside another, except where that exile is the reverse side of a real act of exclusion.

The Outsider (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the prime victim of every community: the lame, the poor, the disabled, the inspired, and in our day great artists and thinkers.