Look up: untouchable

1. Untouchable
   India A hindu outside the caste system. Also known as a Dalit.
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2. untouchable
   [adj] - beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment 2. [adj] - forbidden to the touch 3. [adj] - defiling to the touch 4. [n] - belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
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3. untouchable
   Member of the lowest Indian caste, formerly forbidden to be touched by members of the other castes. ...
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4. untouchable
   adjective defiling to the touch; especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes
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5. untouchable
   adjective forbidden to the touch; `in most museums such articles are untouchable`
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6. untouchable
   adjective beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; `for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target`- Newsweek
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7. untouchable
   Harijan noun belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
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8. Untouchable
   (from the article `Anand, Mulk Raj`) A prolific writer, Anand first gained wide recognition for his novels Untouchable (1935) and Coolie (1936), both of which examined the problems of ...
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9. untouchable
   in traditional Indian society, any member of a wide range of low-caste Hindu groups and any person outside the caste system. The use of the term and ... [17 related articles]
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