outsider

From outside +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/

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outsider (plural outsiders)

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

   Synonyms: stranger; see also Thesaurus:foreigner, Thesaurus:outcast

   While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders.

   • 2004, George Carlin, “Preface”, in When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎, New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page :

     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.

   • 2019, Victor C. de Munck, Romantic Love in America, page 152:

     We were not a big huggie family so I was very, very encased in a little stay-away-from-me shell growing-up, and here I got to open up and feel safe and able to touch and hold and be able to be with another human being, which was really a big relief, a very positive part of my understanding of myself that I wasn't just this outcast evil outsider of everything.

   • 2024 November 6, David Culver, Abel Alvarado, Evelio Contreras and Rachel Clarke, “Exclusive: Locking eyes with mass murderers in El Salvador”, in CNN‎:

     We are the only outsiders here, granted exclusive access and a private tour as the first major US news organization allowed inside Cecot late last month.

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

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:newcomer

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

   • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Legacy:

     These worlds have always belonged to us, from the moment our ancestors saw them through ancient telescopes. We claimed them when our first explorers reached the stars, and they remained our worlds even after the Scourge divided us in darkness. Outsiders have no right to these treasures, and true angara must stand ready to defend our birthright.

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

   Synonyms: dark horse, little guy, long shot, underdog

   Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination.

• Rideouts, Tudorise, dries out, editours, iodurets, outrides, rideouts, rutoside, suitored, tudorise, turoside

Borrowed from English outsider.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: out‧si‧der

outsider m anim

1. outsider, one who is not part of a community or organization
   • 2017, Hanuš Karlach, Bojovník ve Vatikánu: Papež František a jeho odvážná cesta‎, Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of Der Kämpfer im Vatikan. Papst Franziskus und sein mutiger Weg by Andreas Englisch, →ISBN, page 8:

     Neměl nejmenší vyhlídku na úřad papeže – a právě to si jeho stoupenci tak považovali. Chtěli nějakého outsidera, absolutního outsidera,

     He had not the slightest chance to hold the papal office – and that was the fact that his supporters valued so much. They wanted an outsider, absolute outsider,

2. outsider, a competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning
   • 2006, Luboš Jeřábek, Fotbal – velký lexikon‎, Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of original by Bernd Rohr and Günter Simon, →ISBN, page 304:

     Vítězství outsiderů nejsou ve fotbale vzácná

     Victories of outsiders are not rare in football

• “outsider”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “outsider”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Borrowed from English outsider

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑu̯tsɑi̯der/,
• Rhymes: -ɑutsɑider

outsider

1. synonym of ulkopuolinen (“outsider”)

Borrowed from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /awt.saj.dœʁ/, /awt.saj.de/
• Rhymes: -œʁ

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outsider m (plural outsiders)

1. long shot, dark horse, outsider

outsider

1. (North America, colloquial) to go outside

• “outsider”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• étourdis

Borrowed from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /awtˈt͡saj.der/
• Rhymes: -ajder

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsiders)

1. outsider

• deostruì, riseduto, studierò

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

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Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /awtˈsaj.dɛr/

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• Rhymes: -ajdɛr
• Syllabification: out‧si‧der

outsider m pers (female equivalent outsiderka)

1. outsider (someone excluded)
2. (sports) outsider (competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; long shot)
3. (economics) company refusing to join a monopoly consisting of the majority of enterprises in a given industry

• outsider in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• outsider in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /ˈawt.saj.dər/

outsider m (plural outsideri)

1. outsider

Unadapted borrowing from English outsider.

• IPA^(key): /autˈsaideɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aideɾ
• IPA^(key): /auˈtsaider/
  • Rhymes: -aider

outsider m or f by sense (plural outsideres)

1. outsider

   Synonyms: afuereño, marginado

• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.