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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.
What does pariah mean? 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.
If you describe someone as a pariah, you mean that other people dislike them so much that they refuse to associate with them.
Jul 7, 2011 · 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.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pariah. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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.
n. 1. outcast. 2. any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided. [1605–15; < Tamil paṟaiyar, pl. of paṟaiyan member of a low caste in S India, literally, drummer (from a hereditary duty of the caste), derivative of paṟai a festival drum]
pariah meaning, definition, what is pariah: someone who everyone hates and avoids: Learn more.
Origin of Pariah. From Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ, “drummer" ), from பறை (paṟai, “drum" ). Parai refers in Tamil to a type of large drum designed to announce the king's notices to the public.
