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Rejected as unfashionable by an exclusive social class say (7)

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I believe the answer is:

outcast

'rejected' is the definition.
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'unfashionable by an exclusive social class say' is the wordplay.
'unfashionable' becomes 'out' ('out' can be a synonym of 'unfashionable').
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'an exclusive social class' becomes 'caste' (I've seen this before).
'say' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'caste' is a homophone of 'cast'.
'out'+'cast'='OUTCAST'

'as' is the link.

(Other definitions for outcast that I've seen before include "Exile" , "He has been evicted from society" , "One is excluded from society" , "Rejected individual" , "One has been rejected by friends or society" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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