outsiderismn.
/ˌaʊtˈsʌɪdərɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəˌrɪz(ə)m/ The condition of being an outsider; the behaviour and attitudes associated with this.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > one outside conventional society > way of life, condition, or domain of
vie de Bohème1888
beatness1951
outsiderishness1956
outsiderliness1957
outsiderdom1958
outsiderhood1958
outsiderism1958
outsiderness1961
flower power1967
hippiedom1967
hippieland1967
boho1979
1958 Listener 10 July 63/3 His ‘outsiderism’ made him enjoy shocking the professional scientists.
1961 Guardian 23 June 9/6 The jigging of today's young is their alternative to ‘outsiderism’.
1992 N.Y. Times 9 June a2 4/6 In the present political environment, he said, ‘with women the embodiment of outsiderism’, men ‘are spotting them 10 points before the campaigns even get off the ground’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1958- to wrestle off
- to wrestle out
- to wrestle out of
- to wriggle it
- to wring a person on the mails
- to wring down
- to wring in
- to wring off
- to wring on the mails
- to wring out
- to wring to the worse
- to wring up
- to wring water from a flint
- to write and read
- to write back
- to write down
- to write home about
- to write in
- to write in water
- to write in windows of
- to write man
- to write off
- to write on water
- to write one's own ticket
- to write oneself man