outsiderdomn.
/ˌaʊtˈsʌɪdədəm/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdərd(ə)m/ The condition or state of being an outsider, esp. in society.
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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 Times Lit. Suppl. 28 Mar. 165/3 A final view of Mr Freund..might be that he is a sort of Colin Wilson without a theory of Outsiderdom, searching for the religious viewpoint that will include the complexities of modern science.
1961 John o' London's 16 Nov. 548/2 The trouble with Outsiderdom as a philosophy is the squalid assortment of fellow-travellers it attracts.
1992 A. Maupin Maybe the Moon xi. 134 The story was merely Mom's way of linking littleness and Jewishness, of relating her own experience of outsiderdom to the one I had suffered.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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