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Definition of pariah noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pariah

noun
 
/pəˈraɪə/
 
/pəˈraɪə/
(sometimes offensive)
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  1. a person who is not acceptable to society and is avoided by everyone synonym outcast Historically, a pariah was a member of an indigenous people of southern India. In the modern sense of ‘outcast’ the word pariah is considered offensive in southern India.
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Tamil paṛaiyar, plural of paṛaiyan ‘(hereditary) drummer’, from paṛai ‘a drum’.
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