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pariahism

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pa⋅ri⋅ah

  [puh-rahy-uh]
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–noun
1. an outcast.
2. any person or animal that is generally despised or avoided.
3. (initial capital letter) a member of a low caste in southern India and Burma.
Origin:
1605–15; < Tamil paṟaiyar, pl. of paṟaiyan lit., drummer (from a hereditary duty of the caste), deriv. of paṟai a festival drum

Related forms:
pa⋅ri⋅ah⋅dom, noun
pa⋅ri⋅ah⋅ism, noun
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