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paria — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • 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:

  • 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.

derelict — full definition

  1. adj Abandoned and left to fall into disrepair.
  2. noun Property, or occasionally a person, abandoned and left with nobody to care for it.

outcast — full definition

  1. noun A person who has been rejected or excluded by a group or society.
  2. adj Rejected or excluded, cast out from a group.

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