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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)play

  Familiarity information: PARIAH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PARIAH (noun)


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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