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UNTOUCHABLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India
Synonyms:
Harijan; untouchable
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Hypernyms ("untouchable" is a kind of...):
castaway; Ishmael; outcast; pariah (a person who is rejected (from society or home))
Derivation:
untouchable ((especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not capable of being obtained
Example:
untouchable resources buried deep within the earth
Synonyms:
inaccessible; unobtainable; unprocurable; untouchable
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Similar:
unavailable (not available or accessible or at hand)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling
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Similar:
impure; unclean (having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws)
Derivation:
untouchable (belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Forbidden to the touch
Example:
in most museums such articles are untouchable
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Adjectives
Similar:
impermissible (not permitted)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Impossible to assail
Synonyms:
unassailable; untouchable
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Adjectives
Similar:
inviolable (incapable of being transgressed or dishonored)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment
Example:
for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
invulnerable (immune to attack; impregnable)
