untouchability

Variant of untouchable

untouchable definition

un·touch·able (un tuc̸h′ə bəl)

adjective

that cannot or should not be touched

noun

  1. an untouchable person or thing
  2. 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

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