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pariah

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pa·ri·ah /pəˈraɪə, ˈpæriə/ noun [countable]  REJECT/NOT ACCEPTsomeone who everyone hates and avoids 社会遗弃者 SYN outcast
Examples from the Corpus
pariahBecause 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 pariahWere 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
pa·ri·ah nounChineseSyllable
Corpus hates who everyone and someone avoids


pariah
pariah /pəˈraɪə, ˈpæriə/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Tamil
 Origin: paraiyan 'drummer'
someone who everyone hates and avoids
   SYN  outcast


par·iahBrE /pəˈraɪə/ 🔊NAmE /pəˈraɪə/ 🔊 nouna person who is not acceptable to society and is avoided by everyone 被社会遗弃者;贱民 SYN outcast