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Meanings of pariahs in English
Lowest caste in the Indian caste system.
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Examples for "pariah"
Examples for "pariah"
1
He is, however, still a pariah at many top meetings across Europe.
2
Most of the outside world views North Korea as a pariah state.
3
Suddenly in the distance a pariah dog gave a prolonged melancholy howl.
4
I am become a pariah; he who touches my hand loses caste.
5
He was a pariah; a wanderer without a friend or a home.
1
Sex workers are treated as untouchables in the conservative Muslim society of Bangladesh.
2
The untouchables have found in him their fearless and triumphant champion.
3
After skittish behaviour in the Premier League Rangers, supposedly the untouchables, needed these points.
4
Should we have written him a memo about the untouchables?
5
She was used to being treated like one of the many untouchables of their society.
1
Dera Sach Khand has gained many followers from the dalit community in Punjab and is opposed by many mainstream Sikhs.
2
Kusum is a dalit, from the lowest rank of the social hierarchy that still causes deep discrimination in India, which does not help matters.
3
The preacher who died was from the Dera Sach Khand, which has a large dalit following in India of lower caste Sikhs and Hindus.
4
Jadav is a new kind of Dalit, the lowest caste in Hinduism.
5
The ban on Dalit leader Mayawati would run for two days, it said.
1
Hindus, Christians and Sikhs congregate at the shrine of Balmiki, deity of the untouchable caste.
2
To paraphrase the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, there are no members of an untouchable caste in our Republic.
3
But supporters say she drove out violent mafias and made the state safe for former untouchable castes and other downtrodden groups after decades of abuse.
1
The age-old system's three groups are the upper castes, other backward classes and scheduled castes, further divided into sub-groups and communities.
Usage of pariahs in English
1
In civilized countries everyone but the pariahs carried a pocket receiving set.
2
Different as we were, we were both pariahs of an unusual kind.
3
I do not think most people are equipped to associate with pariahs.
4
These Phansiagars are composed of all castes, Hindoos, Mahommedans, pariahs, and chandellars.
5
Who were these pariahs, whose name even was banished from every tongue?
6
A mad elopement of pariahs commingled an ablution of yeast and opium.
7
You could look at any number of cases where pariahs turn into pioneers.
8
As news of the off-the-cuff comment spread, the group was transformed into pariahs.
9
Nothing is gained and much is lost by depicting teachers as social pariahs.
10
Excuses were being made outside, in smoking pariahs' corner, for the male lead.
11
In the current atmosphere, many of the Markham club members feel like pariahs.
12
In Ogunquit's palmiest days, that had made the Goldsmiths pariahs of a kind.
13
Terri's hesitant friendships with two other school pariahs further feed the character's growth.
14
People made to feel like pariahs are more likely to reoffend.
15
He became more curious and anxious to help these pariahs as a result.
16
We should not be made to feel like lepers or pariahs.
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