untouchable
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9.6
- noun
- /ʌnˈtʌtʃəbl/
- Slur
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intocable
- Finally, in the lowest category, are the outcasts, or untouchables, the ones who have been broken in prison, beaten, and whipped.
- castes and untouchables
- Dalits or untouchables
- Dalit or untouchables
Examples
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The Dalits are untouchables in India, beneath the lowest caste.
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In this place, there are no untouchables... and no work is beneath any of us.
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The untouchables sit on one side and on the other sit the...
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You know... even in India they're giving up the idea of untouchables.
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Millennia ago, Dalits were called the "untouchables" of India.
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In particular, the movement for the rights of Dalits, the country's lowest caste, known as "untouchables," has long been complicated by Dalit religious conversions, often from Hinduism to evangelical Christianity.
Academic text (2010) -
The Dalits are considered untouchables in India, historically placed outside the four main castes.
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In traditional Hindu society, untouchables experience significant discrimination and are often marginalized.
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Many movements aim to uplift the status of untouchables and challenge their social exclusion in India.
Synonyms
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9.5
A person from the lowest caste in India who faces discrimination
Not belonging to a caste or social group and treated as outside society
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
An untouchable (noun) comes from Hindi achhut meaning 'not to be touched', and it named a person in the lowest social caste who was treated as outside normal social and physical contact.