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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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a person who is avoided or not accepted by a social group, esp. because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted; an outcast: Because of its poor human rights record, the country was treated as a pariah by other nations. (Definition of pariah from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of PARIAH is someone or something that is despised or rejected : outcast. How to use pariah in a sentence.
Today, a pariah is someone who is treated as an outcast, especially after having been formerly in a position of favor—they have been cast out of their group. Usually this is because they have done something viewed as unacceptable, such as committing a crime, but this is not always the case.
If you describe someone as a pariah, you mean that other people dislike them so much that they refuse to associate with them.
A pariah is someone that has been soundly rejected by their community. Your constant gossiping might make you a pariah on campus.
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.
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.
