pariah
Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or…Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
» Putin will be a pariah on the international stage.
Meaning
2 sensesSynonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
Paria
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па́ріяpárija
(figuratively)A similarly despised group of people or species of animal.
- a person who is rejected (from society or home)
Examples
4 sentencesPutin will be a pariah on the international stage.
The US is characterized by some as an international pariah.
North Korea has been treated as a pariah state for most of its existence.
The US is a pariah state that destroys nations to the ground and gets away with it.
Translations
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Origin
From Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”)From Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”) or from Malayalam പറയർ (paṟayaṟ), from പറയൻ (paṟayaṉ, “drummer”), from പറ (paṟa, “drum”). Parai in Tamil or Para in Malayalam refers to a type of large drum designed to announce the king’s notices to the public. The people who made a living using the parai were called paraiyar; in the caste-based society, they were in the lower strata, hence the derisive paraiah and pariah.
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