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pariah

/pəˈraɪə/noun

उच्चारण पराय

बहिष्कृत व्यक्ति, अछूत

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    a person who is not acceptable to society and is avoided by everyone

    बहिष्कृत व्यक्ति, अछूत

    • After the scandal, he became a social pariah.
    • The corrupt official was treated as a pariah by his former colleagues.
    • The cheat was treated as a pariah by the other players.
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    • In the old days, some groups were treated as pariahs by society.
    • No one wanted to be seen with the pariah of the office.

    Synonyms outcast exile leper persona non grata untouchable

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“Collocations, idioms and sayings

A social pariah, a pariah state (a country rejected by others).

Collocations: a social pariah, a pariah state (दूसरों द्वारा अस्वीकृत देश)।

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One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often: a person rejected by society is a pariah or outcast; one who is not welcome in a country persona non grata; a person forced to live away from their country an exile.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है: समाज द्वारा अस्वीकृत व्यक्ति pariah या outcast; किसी देश में अवांछित व्यक्ति persona non grata; अपने देश से दूर रहने को विवश व्यक्ति exile।