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Noun [English]

IPA: /pəˈɹaɪə/ Audio: en-us-pariah.ogg , en-au-pariah.ogg Forms: pariahs [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪə Etymology: From Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), from பறையன் (paṟaiyaṉ, “drummer”), from பறை (paṟai, “drum”) or from Malayalam പറയർ (paṟayaṟ), from പറയൻ (paṟayaṉ, “drummer”), from പറ (paṟa, “drum”). Parai in Tamil or Para in Malayalam refers to a type of large drum designed to announce the king’s notices to the public. The people who made a living using the parai were called paraiyar; in the caste-based society they were in the lower strata, hence the derisive paraiah and pariah. Alternatively, derived from Sanskrit पर (para, “distant; outsider”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|ta|பறையர்}} Tamil பறையர் (paṟaiyar), {{bor|en|ml|പറയർ}} Malayalam പറയർ (paṟayaṟ), {{der|en|sa|पर||distant; outsider}} Sanskrit पर (para, “distant; outsider”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} pariah (plural pariahs)
  1. Synonym of outcast: A person despised and excluded by their family, community, or society, especially a member of the untouchable castes in Indian society. Synonyms: outcast [synonym, synonym-of] Translations (member of the untouchable castes in Indian society): па́рыя (páryja) [feminine, masculine] (Belarusian), па́рий (párij) [masculine] (Bulgarian), pària [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 賤民 (Chinese Mandarin), 贱民 (jiànmín) (Chinese Mandarin), paaria (Estonian), paaria (Finnish), paria [feminine, masculine] (French), paria [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Paria [masculine] (German), paria (Ido), paria (Indonesian), paria [feminine, masculine] (Italian), па́риј (párij) [masculine] (Macedonian), па́рија (párija) [masculine] (Macedonian), پاریا (pâriyâ) (Persian), parias [masculine] (Polish), pária [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), paria [masculine] (Romanian), па́рия (párija) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), paria [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), paria [common-gender] (Swedish), parya (Turkish), па́рія (párija) [feminine, masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-pariah-en-noun-wK9p9jB7 Disambiguation of 'member of the untouchable castes in Indian society': 65 1 33
  2. (figurative) A similarly despised group of people or species of animal. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-pariah-en-noun-xESHg5LY Disambiguation of People: 12 75 13
  3. (zoology) Ellipsis of pariah dog: an Indian breed, any stray dog in Indian contexts. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: pariah dog (extra: an Indian breed, any stray dog in Indian contexts) Categories (topical): Zoology Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-pariah-en-noun-MG27LHN8 Disambiguation of Dogs: 19 9 71 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 63 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 19 5 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 4 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 4 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 23 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 11 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 26 11 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 40 8 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 10 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 6 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 24 10 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 7 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 20 4 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 40 8 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 5 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 40 8 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 5 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 40 8 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 10 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 36 7 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 24 10 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 5 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 4 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 26 10 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 9 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 26 11 64 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pariah arrack, pariah dog, pariah kite

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "What is this smoking that it should be considered a crime? I believe in my heart that women are jealous of it, as of a rival. They speak of it as of some secret, awful vice that seizes upon a man, and makes him a Pariah from genteel society.",
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          "text": "As ecological conditions became unfavorable for pig raising, there was no alternative function which could redeem its existence. The creature became not only useless, but worse than useless—harmful, a curse to touch or merely to see—a pariah animal.",
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          "text": "This scenario could lead to war crimes the scale of which has not been seen in Europe since the Nazis — crimes that would make Vladimir Putin, his cronies and Russia as a country all global pariahs.",
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    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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      "word": "pariah kite"
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          "text": "What is this smoking that it should be considered a crime? I believe in my heart that women are jealous of it, as of a rival. They speak of it as of some secret, awful vice that seizes upon a man, and makes him a Pariah from genteel society.",
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          "text": "[…] I went from being a much-feted author to a pariah, since one of the many problems of being trashed on the front page of the New York Times is that everyone is in the know.",
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      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "па́рий"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "pària"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "word": "賤民"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiànmín",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "word": "贱民"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "word": "paaria"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "word": "paaria"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paria"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paria"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Paria"
    },
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      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "word": "paria"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "word": "paria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paria"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "párij",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́риј"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "párija",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "па́рија"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "pâriyâ",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "word": "پاریا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "parias"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pária"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "paria"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "па́рия"
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      "code": "es",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "parya"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "párija",
      "sense": "member of the untouchable castes in Indian society",
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    "pariah",
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}

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