pariah
pariah
Definition
pa·riah (pə rī′ə; Brit also par′ē ə)
noun
- a member of one of the lowest social castes in India
- any person despised or rejected by others; outcast
Etymology: Tamil paṛaiyan, drummer < paṛai, a drum: the pariah was a hereditary drumbeater
pariah
Synonyms
pariah
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- world: We have been rendered defenseless: we are without rights: we have become the pariahs of the world.
- society: Only the lowest of the low, the outcasts and pariahs of society, frequented this forgotten part of the great metropolis.
Converse of object
- become: Those among us that still adhere to the fallen idols of their old world must become the pariahs of our New Society.
- make: These renegade oppressors must be made pariahs by the rest of the world.
- remain: Through this divine love the untouchable becomes pure, the pariah no longer remains a pariah.
- include: Tamils have a long association with the British and words incorporated into English include pariah and catamaran.
Adjective modifier
- international: It is a declaration that any country which does not follow the Paris Charter will become an international pariah.
- social: Will they be banished outdoors with the smokers, like social pariahs left to contemplate their sins?
- political: The opencast coal mining industry has been made to appear a political pariah with the result that hundreds of jobs have been lost.
- global: Witnessing the transition of South Africa from a global pariah to a respected beacon among nations.
- modern: Contents | Bibliography iii Social rights of illegal Immigrants " Illegal " foreigners are modern pariahs.
- isolated: You admit to feeling like " an isolated pariah " , then try to make a case for smoking.
Modifies a noun
- status: In some quarters, of course, unmarried mothers still have pariah status over thirty years on.
- dog: It is a medium-sized, well-balanced, square dog of the pariah dog type.
- state: Indeed, even a pariah state would be hard pressed to come up with a worse one.
- nation: To the tragedy of the Albanians must be added that of the Serbs whose fate is to be the pariah nation of the West.
- type: It is a medium-sized, well-balanced, square dog of the pariah dog type.
Noun used with modifier
- industry: It'll now join fellow former industry pariah Napster as a fully paid-up digital music distributor.
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