Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Pariah |
PariahNoun1. A person who is rejected (from society or home). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "pariah" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1831. (references) |
Etymology: Pariah \Pa"ri*ah\, noun. [From Tamil paraiyan, plural paraiyar, one of the low caste, from parai large drum, because they beat the drums at certain festivals.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: PariahSynonyms: castaway (n), outcast (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Commonalty | Beggar, gaberlunzie, muckworm, mudlark, sans culotte, raff, tatterdemalion, caitiff, ragamuffin, Pariah, outcast of society, tramp, vagabond, bezonian, panhandler, sundowner, chiffonnier, Cinderella, cinderwench, scrub, jade; gossoon. |
Seclusion Exclusion | Recluse, hermit, eremite, cenobite; anchoret, anchorite; Simon Stylites; troglodyte, Timon of Athens, Santon, solitaire, ruralist, disciple of Zimmermann, closet cynic, Diogenes; outcast, Pariah, castaway, pilgarlic; wastrel, foundling, wilding. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Pariah |
| English words defined with "pariah": leper ♦ Pariah dog, Pariah kite. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | There's no shame in being a pariah. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Pariah the Red Man (1994) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Music |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Misdiagnosis, inadequate medical care, pariah status, and abandonment remain common problems. (references) | |
Political Economy | South Africa | Since the historic, first multiracial and multiparty elections in South Africa, the country has undergone a dramatic transformation from a pariah apartheid state to one with a democratically elected, multiracial government. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Pariah" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Pariah" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 34 | 59,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "pariah": pariah dog ♦ pariah kite. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
pariah | 54 |
dog pariah | 7 |
movie pariah | 6 |
damon jones pariah | 3 |
define pariah | 2 |
band pariah | 2 |
pariah union | 2 |
definition pariah | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "pariah"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtresë e ulët, njeri i flakur nga shoqëria, i hedhur poshtë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | شخص منبوذ (reject). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | парий (outcast, untouchable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 受社会'挤者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pária (untouchable), vyvrhel (castaway), vydìdìnec (underdog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | paria (pariah dog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ausgestossene. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρίασ (outcast), απόβλητοσ (abject, cast off, outcast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | מ ו"" (excommunicated, ostracized, outcast, outlaw, untouchable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | társadalomból kitaszított ember, pária (outcaste, untouchable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | paria (outcaste). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | パリア犬 (pariah dog, Paris club, Paris Collection, parisien, parisienne, parity, parity check, the Paris Commune). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | パリアいぬ (pariah dog). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | moddey oainjeragh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ariahpay pária (alien, castaway, dregs, outcast, waif), falso sol (mock sun, sun dog). (various references) proscris (cast off, outcast, outlaw, proscribed, under a ban), paria (cast off, castaway, outcast, wager). (various references) пария (castaway). (various references) izgnanik (exile, outcast). (various references) paria (Carrara porcelain, outcast, parian-ware). (various references) paria (outcaste), utstött (castaway, outcast). (various references) parya (untouchable), toplumdan dışlanmış kimse, aşağı tabakadan kimse. (various references) знедолений (castaway, derelict, offcast, outcast, outcaste, outlaw), парія (outcast, outcaste). (various references) người cầu bơ cầu bất. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pariah": pariahs. (additional references) | |
| |
"Pariah" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Appiah, ariah, Armijah, bahreah, Barwah, braimah, Jaradah, Pairoj, paraiah, paraih, paranah, Parciau, Pardah, Pardiac, Pareja, Paria, parian, pariel, pariiah, Parikh, pario, parlian, parria, parriah, patriah, periph, Phadraig, Phardidh, Pieria, piriah, Polreath, poriah, prah, Prasith, Pratibha, pria, puriam. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pariah" (pronounced 'Pa"ri*ah'): Ah, Allah, Ayah, Bablah, Bah, Bekah, Bismillah, Boomorah, Buansuah, Cheetah, Corah, Dahabeah, Delilah, Fellah, Fetwah, Gerah, Gunjah, Hah, Haphtarah, hookah, howdah, Hurra, Jah, Jarrah, Jonah, Kafilah, Keddah, Kholah, Khutbah, Kiblah, maharajah, Maharmah, Mollah, Moplah, mullah, Noah, Nullah, Opah, Padishah, pallah, Parashah, Purdah, Rajah, Rayah, Sahibah, Seah, Selah, shah, Shekinah, sirrah, Soubah, Stocah, Sunniah, Surah, tussa, tussah, tussar, tusseh, tusser, tussur, Wah, Wallah, Yalah, Zaptiah, Zillah. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: raphia. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-p-r" | |
-2 letters: aria, haar, hair, harp, pair, para, raia. | |
-3 letters: aah, aha, air, hap, hip, pah, par, phi, pia, rah, rap, ria, rip. | |
-4 letters: aa, ah, ai, ar, ha, hi, pa, pi. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-p-r" | |
+1 letter: charpai, haircap, pariahs, piranha, raphias. | |
+2 letters: agraphia, agraphic, atrophia, charpais, diagraph, haircaps, parhelia, piranhas. | |
+3 letters: agraphias, anaphoric, apartheid, arhatship, atrophias, diagraphs, diaphragm, graphical, parathion, parochial, patriarch, pharaonic, pharisaic, vibraharp. | |
+4 letters: acrophobia, airmanship, alphameric, amphibrach, amphimacer, anamorphic, apartheids, aphaeresis, aphaeretic, arhatships, aspherical, cataphoric, diaphorase, diaphragms, hypermania, parachutic, paraphysis, parashioth, parathions, patriarchs, patriarchy, pharisaism, pharmacies, pharmacist, prothallia, radiograph, sarcophagi, vibraharps. | |
+5 letters: acrophobias, agoraphobia, agoraphobic, airmanships, allographic, amphibrachs, amphimacers, angiography, anthropical, antiphonary, antiphrases, antiphrasis, aphrodisiac, apparatchik, approaching, archesporia, archipelago, artisanship, athwartship, autographic, barographic, calligraphy, cardiograph, cardiopathy, diaphorases, graphically, hagiography, handicapper, hypercapnia, hypermanias, hyperphagia, hyperplasia, macrophagic, managership, marshalship, oarsmanship, parachuting, parachutist, paragraphic, parathyroid, paratyphoid, paresthesia, parochially, patriarchal, pharisaical, pharisaisms, pharmacists, prothalamia, radiographs, radiography, rhapsodical, slaphappier. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 69 61 68 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. .. .- .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110010 01101001 01100001 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r i a h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0069 0061 0068 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)506784756774 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Non-fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Derivations 12. Rhymes | 13. Anagrams 14. Orthography 15. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
