untouchability
untouchability noun: the state or condition of being untouchable.
Noun
untouchability (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:
- untouchableness
untouchability meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu
untouchability in Hindi
- discrimination
- छुआछूत chuāchūt, अस्पृश्यता aspŕśyatā
untouchability in Tamil
- discrimination
- தீண்டாமை tīṇṭāmai
untouchability in Bengali
- discrimination
- অস্পৃশ্যতা ośpriśśota
untouchability in Telugu
- discrimination
- అంటరానితనము aṇṭarānitanamu
More languagesFewer languages
- untouchability in Malayalam
- തൊട്ടുകൂടായ്മ toṭṭukūṭāyma
- untouchability in Kannada
- ಅಸ್ಪೃಶ್ಯತೆ
- untouchability in Gujarati
- અસ્પૃશ્યતા aspŕśyatā, અછૂતપણું achūtpaṇũ
- untouchability in Sanskrit
- अस्पृश्यता aspṛśyatā
Synonyms of untouchability
Origin of untouchability
From untouchable + -ity.
Questions about untouchability
- What does untouchability mean?
- Untouchability means the state or condition of being untouchable.
- What is untouchability in Hindi?
- Untouchability in Hindi is छुआछूत (chuāchūt), अस्पृश्यता (aspŕśyatā). See Untouchability meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is untouchability?
- Untouchability is a noun.
Words near untouchability in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: untouchability (page history and authors); untouchability (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અછૂતપણું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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