pariah
Shunned by all
A pariah is someone rejected or avoided by others—a social outcast.
The word originally referred to members of a low caste in southern India, but now applies to any person or group shunned by society: After the scandal, he became a pariah in the industry.
Nations that violate international norms are called pariah states.
Persistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- avoidedDeliberately stayed away from
- snubbedIntentionally disregarded
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
rejected · spurned · cold-shouldered · blackballed · blacklisted · boycotted · rebuffed · excluded
Shunned, rejected person
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- leperOne shunned for illness
- misfitOne who doesn't fit in
- untouchableExempt from criticism or harm
black sheep · scapegoat · castaway · undesirable · unperson · wretch · derelict · waif
Forced from one's country
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- deportedOfficially expelled abroad
- expatriatedLeft one's native country
excommunicated · displaced · evicted · ousted · cast out · thrown out · driven out · proscribed
Exempt from criticism or harm
- casteInherited social division
- varnaHindu hereditary social order
- outcasteOne expelled from caste
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
segregation · ritual purity · pollution · eta · hereditary · untouchability · social hierarchy · marginalized
Brought into shame
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- shamedMade to feel disgrace
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
- vilifiedSpoke evil of
scorned · despised · condemned · defamed · discredited · tarnished · sullied · denigrated
shunned
Persistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- avoidedDeliberately stayed away from
- snubbedIntentionally disregarded
ignored · rejected · spurned · cold-shouldered · blackballed · blacklisted · boycotted · rebuffed · excluded · uninvited
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
untouchable · black sheep · scapegoat · castaway · undesirable · unperson · wretch · derelict · waif · vagrant
exiled
Forced from one's country
- banishedForced to leave permanently
- expelledOfficially removed or banished
- deportedOfficially expelled abroad
expatriated · excommunicated · displaced · evicted · ousted · cast out · thrown out · driven out · proscribed · debarred
untouchable
Exempt from criticism or harm
discrimination · segregation · ritual purity · pollution · eta · hereditary · untouchability · social hierarchy · marginalized · oppressed
disgraced
Brought into shame
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- shamedMade to feel disgrace
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
vilified · scorned · despised · condemned · defamed · discredited · tarnished · sullied · denigrated · reviled
- outcastsoutcast, outcasts, outlaws, castaway, derelicts
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- isolationloneliness, quarantine, seclusion, lockdown, solitude
- social ranksking, queen, emperor, empress, noble
- Social rejectionrejection, exclusion, ostracism, snubbed, shunned
- outsidersoutcast, outsider, outcasts, misfit, outlaw
pariahdarling
Beloved person or pet
favorite · golden child · favorite son · celebrity · hero
- pariah stateGlobally isolated country
- cultural pariahsThose rejected by society