pariah
noun[C]
uk/pəˈraɪ.ə/us/pəˈraɪ.ə/apersonwho is notacceptedby asocialgroup,especiallybecause they are notliked,respected, ortrusted:
Thescandaltransformedhim into a pariah.
Heworriedthat hisstammerwould make him asocialpariah.
Hercriticismsof thelife-savingtreatmenthave made her a pariah amonginternationalhealthleaders.
Synonym
outcast
Note:
- This word is sometimes considered to be offensive in India.
acountryorgovernmentthat is notacceptedby othercountries,especiallybecause itactsin a way that othercountriesconsiderto bewrong:
Under thedictatorship, thecountrybecameaninternationalpariah.
Thecountryfaceseconomicsanctionsandrisksbecominga pariahstateif itrefusestoabandonitsuse ofchemicalweapons.
Note:
- This word is sometimes considered to be offensive in India.
old-fashionedoffensive(alsoPariah)
a word used in the past for apersonwhobelongedto acaste(=socialgroup)in thesouthofIndiathat wasconsideredto be one of thelowest. This word is nowconsideredoffensive.
- When hediedhe was still a pariah - thepricehepaidforpoliticaldissent.
- Before thecausesofleprosywereunderstood,itscontagiousnessturnedsufferersinto pariahs.
- Theywantedtheworldtoknowhow they hadsufferedunder thebrutalpariahregime.
International relations: international politics & government
- accession
- airspace
- allied
- Anglo-American
- anti-Stalinist
- bipolar
- confederacy
- G7
- GATT
- Geneva Convention
- geopolitical
- internationalism
- internationalize
- multilateral
- occupied
- perestroika
- political asylum
- power politics
- prefect
- the G8