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- Dictionarypariah/pəˈrʌɪə/
noun
- 1. an outcast: "they were treated as social pariahs"
- 2. a member of an indigenous people of southern India originally functioning as ceremonial drummers but later having a low caste. historical
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PARIAH definition: 1. a person who is not accepted by a social group, especially because they are not liked…. Learn more.
The meaning of PARIAH is someone or something that is despised or rejected : outcast. How to use pariah in a sentence.
A pariah is an outcast or someone who’s despised and avoided. Pariah is often used to refer to a person who is widely shunned for some offense they have committed. It is often used in the phrase social pariah and in the context of politics.
If you describe someone as a pariah, you mean that other people dislike them so much that they refuse to associate with them. [ disapproval ] His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.
A pariah is someone that has been soundly rejected by their community. Your constant gossiping might make you a pariah on campus. Pariah takes its name from a tribe in Southeast India.
1. (Sociology) a social outcast. 2. (Sociology) (formerly) a member of a low caste in S India. [C17: from Tamil paraiyan drummer, from parai drum; so called because members of the caste were the drummers at festivals]
a person who is not acceptable to society and is avoided by everyone synonym outcast Historically, a pariah was a member of an indigenous people of southern India. In the modern sense of ‘outcast’ the word pariah is considered offensive in southern India.
What does the word pariah mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pariah. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word pariah? About 0.6 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word pariah pronounced? British English.
pariah meaning, definition, what is pariah: someone who everyone hates and avoids: Learn more.
If you describe someone as a pariah, you mean that other people dislike them so much that they refuse to associate with them.
