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What (who) is untouchable - definition
untouchable
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Untouchable (song); Untouchables.; Untouchable (disambiguation); Untouchable (album); The Untouchables (TV series); Untouchable (film); Untouchable (TV series)
¦ adjective
1. not able to be touched or affected.
2. unable to be matched or rivalled.
3. of or belonging to the lowest-caste Hindu group or the people outside the caste system.
¦ noun a member of the lowest-caste Hindu group, with whom contact is traditionally held to defile members of higher castes.
Derivatives
untouchability noun
Usage
In senses relating to the traditional Hindu caste system, the term untouchable and the social restrictions accompanying it were declared illegal in the constitution of India in 1949 and of Pakistan in 1953. The official term today is scheduled caste.
untouchable
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Untouchable (song); Untouchables.; Untouchable (disambiguation); Untouchable (album); The Untouchables (TV series); Untouchable (film); Untouchable (TV series)
(untouchables)
1.
If you say that someone is untouchable, you mean that they cannot be affected or punished in any way.
I want to make it clear, however, that no one is untouchable in this investigation.
ADJ
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An untouchable is someone who is untouchable.
...an anti-corruption squad nicknamed the 'Untouchables'.
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2.
If you describe someone, especially a sports player or entertainer, as untouchable, you are emphasizing that they are better than anyone else in what they do.
A lot of the players began to feel they were untouchable.
ADJ [emphasis]
3.
Some people refer to Hindus of the lowest social rank as untouchables.
He was born an untouchable in a very poor village in south India.
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Untouchable (novel)
1935 NOVEL BY MULK RAJ ANAND
Untouchable (book)
Untouchable is a novel by Mulk Raj Anand published in 1935. The novel established Anand as one of India's leading English authors.
Wikipedia
Untouchable
Untouchable or The Untouchable may refer to:
Examples of use of untouchable
1. Residents considered the gang untouchable, police said.
2. Nobody should feel untouchable,‘‘ Velchev told journalists.
3. "No one is untouchable for the security forces," Dabbagh said.
4. Abu Sway, with texts that are sacred and untouchable.
5. Related articles: Stanley Fischer – the new untouchable Dr.