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From pariah to power broker The Crown Prince’s grip on power has insulated him from international prosecution.
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Connor Greene, Time, 17 Nov. 2025
Here is my coven of women authors and their pariah creation—sometimes literal monsters, sometimes the monster of the desirous self.
—Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
Over two terms, de Blasio alienated many New Yorkers and became a pariah among Democratic politicians.
—Nicole West Bassoff, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
Few if any of the originators attend now that the Santas are less social pariahs and law breakers and more fraternity brothers and junior bankers.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Connor Greene, Time, 17 Nov. 2025
Here is my coven of women authors and their pariah creation—sometimes literal monsters, sometimes the monster of the desirous self.
—Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
Over two terms, de Blasio alienated many New Yorkers and became a pariah among Democratic politicians.
—Nicole West Bassoff, The Conversation, 14 Nov. 2025
Few if any of the originators attend now that the Santas are less social pariahs and law breakers and more fraternity brothers and junior bankers.
—Chuck Palahniuk, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariah
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As previously revealed in Deadline’s 2026 Films to Light Up Festivals list, Chadian director Haroun’s new film follows a woman troubled by haunting visions whose friendship with a female outcast stirs up trouble in their village.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
20 Jan. 2026
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Colman plays as a fisherwoman, her village’s outcast, who asks a basketmaker to weave her a husband (Skarsgård).—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Jan. 2026
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The palpable aversion to what has become the enterprise software leper colony doesn't help tech's case either.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2026
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The song describes Ziggy as the confluence of the leper—the great biblical outcast—and the Messiah.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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These days, the aviary houses parakeets that are mostly rejects from friends whose kids got bored with them.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Jan. 2026
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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The show, which ran for three seasons from 1964 to 1967, centered around seven castaways who have to survive after getting shipwrecked on an uncharted island.—
Daysia Tolentino,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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Both she and her ally, Velovic, were named as the final two castaways among the returning 24 stars.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Pariah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariah. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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