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untouchability
Variant of untouchable
adjective
that cannot or should not be touched
noun
- an untouchable person or thing
- in India, any member of the lowest castes, whose touch was regarded as defiling to higher-caste Hindus: discrimination against these people (now called Scheduled Castes) was officially abolished in 1955
Related Forms:
- untouchability noun
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