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outsider

noun
/ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/

Etymology

From outside + -er.

  1. derived from *sēy-✻ — “to send, throw, drop, sow, deposit”
  2. inherited from *sīdaz✻ — “drooping, hanging, low, excessive, extra”
  3. inherited from *sīd✻
  4. inherited from sīd — “wide, broad, spacious, ample, extensive, vast, far-reaching”
  5. inherited from side
  6. formed as outside — “out + side”
  7. formed as outsider — “outside + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who is not part of a community or organization.

    • While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.
    • I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly. It's the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out. I'd rather be in, in a good system. That's where my discontent comes from: being forced to choose to stay outside.

  2. A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community.

    • Seeing the mess professional politicians have made of things is it any wonder the electorate is beginning to prefer outsiders?

  3. A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning

    A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot.

    • Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The heel or end piece of a loaf of bread.

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Derived

outsider art, outsider artist, outsiderdom, outsiderhood, outsiderish, outsiderism, outsiderly, outsider music, outsider musician, outsiderness, rank outsider

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at outsider. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01outsider02newcomer03neophyte04novice05unfamiliar06stranger

A definitional loop anchored at outsider. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at outsider

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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