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1. (n.) pariah
any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided.
Etymology: (1605–15; < Tamil pa&rbarbelow;aiyar, pl. of pa&rbarbelow;aiyan member of a low caste in S India, lit., drummer (from a hereditary duty of the caste), der. of pa&rbarbelow;ai a festival drum)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) outcast, castaway, pariah, Ishmael
a person who is rejected (from society or home)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) pariah
one of an aboriginal people of Southern India, regarded by the four castes of the Hindoos as of very low grade. They are usually the serfs of the Sudra agriculturalists. See Caste
2. (noun) pariah
an outcast; one despised by society
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1. pariah
a Hindu of the lowest class, and of no caste; of the class they are of various grades, but all are outcast, and treated as such.
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Sense: a person driven out of a group or community; an outcast
Because of his political beliefs he became a pariah in the district.
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 Afrikaans: verworpene |
 Arabic: مَنْبوذ |
 Bulgarian: парий |
 Brazilian: pária |
 Czech: vyděděnec |
 German: der/die Ausgestoßene |
 Danish: paria; udskud |
 Greek: παρίας |
 Spanish: paria |
 Estonian: heidik |
 Farsi: آدم طرد شده |
 Finnish: hylkiö |
 French: paria |
 Hebrew: מְנוּדֶה |
 Hindi: अछूत, चाण्डाल |
 Croatian: skitnica |
 Hungarian: pária |
 Indonesian: orang buangan |
 Icelandic: úrhrak |
 Italian: paria |
 Japanese: のけ者 |
 Korean: 왕따, 추방자 |
 Lithuanian: parijas |
 Latvian: pārijs; izstumtais |
 Malay: paria |
 Dutch: verstoteling |
 Norwegian: paria |
 Polish: parias |
 Persian: آدم طرد شده |
 Pashto: رټلی نامعلوس ( په هنداوبر |
 Portuguese: pária |
 Romanian: paria |
 Russian: пария |
 Slovak: vydedenec |
 Slovenian: izobčenec |
 Serbian: odbačen čovek |
 Swedish: paria |
 Thai: คนนอกคอก |
 Turkish: toplum dışına itilmiş kim |
 Taiwanese: 為社會所遺棄者，流浪者 |
 Ukrainian: парія |
 Urdu: اچھوت |
 Vietnamese: người hạ đẳng |
 Chinese: 为社会所遗弃者，流浪者 |
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