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  • noun The state or condition of being an outsider.

Etymologies

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outsider +‎ -dom

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Examples

  • However, old habits die hard, and "outsiderdom" still applies to Japanese.

    debito.org 2008

  • As candidates in races across the country try to position themselves as the politician with the least political experience, Schwarzenegger's troubles in California illustrate some of the possible downsides of outsiderdom.

    Arnold Schwarzenegger on the outs in California's Republican Party 2010

  • Oh, and then there's the fact that outsiderdom and otherness are such common elements of literature that you could almost pick a bunch of books randomly and they'd fit the topic.

    The Outsider and the Syllabus 2008

  • Oh, and then there's the fact that outsiderdom and otherness are such common elements of literature that you could almost pick a bunch of books randomly and they'd fit the topic.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

  • As candidates in races across the country try to position themselves as the politician with the least political experience, Schwarzenegger's troubles in California illustrate some of the possible downsides of outsiderdom.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • As candidates in races across the country try to position themselves as the politician with the least political experience, Schwarzenegger's troubles in California illustrate some of the possible downsides of outsiderdom.

    Jihad Monitor 2010

  • Sound of the Beast partakes of that same ecstatic outsiderdom but is less vocal, more impressionistic and almost avant garde in its extreme disregard for convention, while still defiantly attitudinal.

    Chilling Effects Clearinghouse Notices 2009

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