"untouchability" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2008 June 15, Anand Giridharadas, “Indian to the Core, and an Oligarch”, in New York Times",
          "text": "Can we make sure that we create a social structure where we remove untouchability?",
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          "ref": "2021, Will Storr, The Status Game",
          "text": "One study found about a third accpeting they'd earned untouchability by committing sins in past lives, with others blaming unfairness or believing a more self-serving version of the Hindu dream, cleaiming 'they never took a true plunge in status, that they were really Brahmans in disguise.'",
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          "roman": "ośpriśśota",
          "sense": "discrimination",
          "word": "অস্পৃশ্যতা"
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          "sense": "discrimination",
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          "word": "intouchabilité"
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          "roman": "chuāchūt",
          "sense": "discrimination",
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          "word": "छुआछूत"
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          "roman": "aspŕśyatā",
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          "sense": "discrimination",
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          "word": "intoccabilità"
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "toṭṭukūṭāyma",
          "sense": "discrimination",
          "word": "തൊട്ടുകൂടായ്മ"
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          "roman": "aspṛśyatā",
          "sense": "discrimination",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "अस्पृश्यता"
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          "sense": "discrimination",
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          "word": "intocabilidad"
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          "roman": "aṇṭarānitanamu",
          "sense": "discrimination",
          "word": "అంటరానితనము"
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      "roman": "ośpriśśota",
      "sense": "discrimination",
      "word": "অস্পৃশ্যতা"
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      "word": "intouchabilité"
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      "word": "छुआछूत"
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      "word": "अस्पृश्यता"
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      "word": "intoccabilità"
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      "sense": "discrimination",
      "word": "തൊട്ടുകൂടായ്മ"
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      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "aspṛśyatā",
      "sense": "discrimination",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "अस्पृश्यता"
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      "word": "intocabilidad"
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      "roman": "aṇṭarānitanamu",
      "sense": "discrimination",
      "word": "అంటరానితనము"
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