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单词 pariahs
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pariah

noun

pa·​ri·​ah pə-ˈrī-ə How to pronounce pariah (audio)
1
: a member of a low caste of southern India
2
: one that is despised or rejected : outcast

Synonyms

  • castaway
  • castoff
  • leper
  • offscouring
  • outcast
  • reject
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Example Sentences

For decades, African states longed for the day when South Africa would be liberated from its status as the apartheid pariah and become the economic engine that would pull Africa out of its mire of poverty and underdevelopment, much as Japan did for the Pacific Rim. Allister Sparks, Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2001 Once they began to migrate to the United States, especially after this country conferred citizenship on them in 1917, they discovered what it meant to be a pariah in the country that had adopted them. John Hope Franklin, "The Land of Room Enough," 1981, in Race and History1989 Even as her star was rising in the outside world, she was becoming more and more a pariah in her own village, where her isolation and sense of rejection made her, for a time, a prisoner in her house, a victim of agoraphobia. Judy Oppenheimer, New York Times Book Review, 3 July 1988 He's a talented player but his angry outbursts have made him a pariah in the sport of baseball. I felt like a pariah when I wore the wrong outfit to the dinner party.
Recent Examples on the Web China under President Xi Jinping, meanwhile, is hardly a global pariah. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022 Some of the items were on the US Munitions List—technology, weapons, and information whose export is strictly controlled, especially to a pariah nation like South Africa. WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022 Martha’s Vineyard social pariah — and conservative talk-show host Dennis Prager. Malina Saval, Variety, 3 Aug. 2022 Beyond the damage done by those words, Mr. Akin’s own party turned him into a pariah, shunning him and ensuring his defeat. New York Times, 16 June 2022 The country’s absence from diplomatic circles and pariah status in global politics means that ongoing scientific research and policy collaboration in the Arctic is uncertain, just as climate change is transforming the region. Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Apr. 2022 But even by the Kremlin’s standards, this latest effort to block Russians from much of the internet marks an escalation—one that has quickly transformed the country into a digital pariah. Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2022 His actions turn him into a pariah and haunt him for the rest of the series. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2022 Few believe governments — even U.S. allies — that do business with Russia would agree to steps that turn Putin into a global pariah barred from summits or business events. Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Tamil paṟaiyan, literally, drummer

First Known Use

1613, in the meaning defined at sense 1

pariahs

noun

plural of pariah
as in outcasts
one who is cast out or rejected by society I felt like a pariah when I wore the wrong outfit to the dinner party

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • outcasts
  • lepers
  • outsiders
  • rejects
  • castaways
  • untouchables
  • castoffs
  • exiles
  • offscourings
  • deportees

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • insiders
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