untouchability en · NOUN
Etymology
From untouchable + -ity.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or condition of being untouchable.
Can we make sure that we create a social structure where we remove untouchability?
2008 June 15, Anand Giridharadas, “Indian to the Core, and an Oligarch”, in New York Times:One study found about a third accpeting they'd earned untouchability by committing sins in past lives, with others blaming unfairness or believing a more self-serving version of the Hindu dream, cleaiming 'they never took a true plunge in status, that they were really Brahmans in disguise.'
2021, Will Storr, The Status Game:
Synonyms
Translations (11)
es intocabilidad (discrimination) · fr intouchabilité (discrimination) · pl nietykalność (discrimination) · bn অস্পৃশ্যতা (discrimination) · sa अस्पृश्यता (discrimination) · ml തൊട്ടുകൂടായ്മ (discrimination) · it intoccabilità (discrimination) · hi छुआछूत (discrimination) · hi अस्पृश्यता (discrimination) · te అంటరానితనము (discrimination) · ta தீண்டாமை (discrimination)