paria — meaning in English
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English meaning
- abject adj Experienced or done in the most extreme or miserable degree, especially poverty or failure.
- derelict adj Abandoned and left to fall into disrepair.
- outcast noun A person who has been rejected or excluded by a group or society.
- pariah noun A person, group or country that everyone else rejects and refuses to associate with.
- untouchable adj Impossible to touch, harm, or bring down.
Senses
paria is used for these senses in English:
- Dalit A member of a South Asian group of people traditionally regarded as untouchables or outcastes.
- abject A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class. [from early 16th c.]
- derelict (countable, dated) An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast, a waif.
- outcast One that has been excluded from a society or system, a pariah, a leper. [from 14th c.]
- pariah Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society.
- untouchable (India) A member of the lowest and most discriminated caste in traditional Indian society.
abject — full definition
- adj Experienced or done in the most extreme or miserable degree, especially poverty or failure.
- adj Lacking self-respect or dignity; deserving contempt.
derelict — full definition
- adj Abandoned and left to fall into disrepair.
- noun Property, or occasionally a person, abandoned and left with nobody to care for it.