Pariah

Januray 27,2007:DAVOS, Switzerland — Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry slammed the foreign policy of the Bush administration on Saturday, saying it has caused the United States to become “a sort of international pariah.”

What is a pariah? Mariam Webster dictionary gives us the following account: Etymology: Tamil ‘paraiyan’, literally, drummer
1 : a member of a low caste 2 : one that is despised or rejected : outcast
Notably, this word Pariah is often used in Hindi language also.

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