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PARIAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pariah mean?
• PARIAH (noun)
The noun PARIAH has 1 sense:
1. a person who is rejected (from society or home)
Familiarity information: PARIAH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who is rejected (from society or home)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
castaway; Ishmael; outcast; pariah
Hypernyms ("pariah" is a kind of...):
unfortunate; unfortunate person (a person who suffers misfortune)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pariah"):
heretic; misbeliever; religious outcast (a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church)
leper (a pariah who is avoided by others)
Harijan; untouchable (belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India)
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