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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.
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Synonyms for PARIAH: outcast, leper, reject, castaway, exile, castoff, outsider, offscouring; Antonyms of PARIAH: insider.
pa·ri·ah. (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.
A pariah is someone that has been soundly rejected by their community. Your constant gossiping might make you a pariah on campus. Pariah takes its name from a tribe in Southeast India.
What does the word pariah mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word pariah . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
