pariah meaning
pariah noun [C]. âº a âperson who is not âaccepted by a âsocial âgroup, âespecially because he or she is not âliked, ârespected, or âtrusted.(Definition of pariah from the Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).he Cambridge English Dictionary is constantly being updated and expanded to reflect the interests of our users. One area of particular interest to our users is that of English Language Teaching (ELT), and a number of ELT terms have recently been added to the dictionary.
, festival drum).]. Word History: Pariah comes from Tamil paá¹aiyan and its Malayalam equivalent paá¹ayan, words that refer to a member of a Dalit group of southern India and Sri Lanka that had very low status in the traditional caste system of India.(The plural of the Tamil word paá¹aiyan is paá¹aiyar.oun. 1. pariah-a person who is rejected (from society or home). castaway, outcast, Ishmael. unfortunate, unfortunate person-a person who suffers misfortune. heretic, misbeliever, religious outcast-a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.