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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpariahpa‧ri‧ah /pəˈraɪə, ˈpæriə/ noun [countable] REJECT/NOT ACCEPTsomeone who everyone hates and avoids SYN outcast
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pariah• Because Dad left the tribe to marry an outsider, however, he was considered a pariah.• Apparently I was not the only prospective foster parent who was treated by society staff like a pariah.• Ten years ago he was a pariah.• The traditional outcast or pariah becomes the hero in this new age.• Suddenly I felt like a real pariah.• a social pariah• Were these beginnings among the outcasts, the pariahs, and the misfits merely accidental?• After the accusation, they are worried-sick parents, small-town pariahs, amateur lawyers, sometime sleuths, etc.
Origin pariah (1600-1700) Tamil paraiyan “drummer”
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