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- DictionaryPa·ri·ah/pəˈrīə/
noun
- 1. an outcast: "they were treated as social pariahs"
- 2. a member of a low caste in southern India. historical
The meaning of PARIAH is someone or something that is despised or rejected : outcast. How to use pariah in a sentence.
a person who is avoided or not accepted by a social group, esp. because he or she is not liked, respected, or trusted; an outcast: Because of its poor human rights record, the country was treated as a pariah by other nations. (Definition of pariah from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
A pariah is an outcast or someone who’s despised and avoided. Pariah is often used to refer to a person who is widely shunned for some offense they have committed. It is often used in the phrase social pariah and in the context of politics.
There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pariah. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
A pariah is someone that has been soundly rejected by their community. Your constant gossiping might make you a pariah on campus.
(pə-rī′ə) n. 1. A social outcast: "Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village, Huckleberry Finn, son of the town drunkard" (Mark Twain). 2. A Dalit.
If you describe someone as a pariah, you mean that other people dislike them so much that they refuse to associate with them. [ disapproval ] His landlady had treated him like a dangerous criminal, a pariah.
pariah. noun. /pəˈraɪə/. /pəˈraɪə/. (sometimes offensive) 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.
A demographic group, species, or community that is generally despised. Wiktionary. More Noun Definitions (1) Synonyms: castaway. ishmael. outcast. untouchable. undesirable. scapegoat. one in disgrace. nonperson. leper.
If you describe someone as a pariah, you mean that other people dislike them so much that they refuse to associate with them.
