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- noun Plural form of
untouchable .
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Examples
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I tried to speak, one day, to a sweet little girl who was working in the palace gardens; somebody came and told me to keep away from her; she was one of what they called the untouchables.
Chaplin’s Girl Miranda Seymour 2009
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The Dalits - meaning the oppressed, who were formerly known as the untouchables - constituted more than 160-million of the
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* When Cameron said that Lansley and Osborne would definitely be health secretary and Chancellor respectively - in a bid to show how he doesn't chop and change - Ben Brogan dubbed them "untouchables" - a label which was widely picked up, to the fury of the Cameroons.
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According to a 2006 government-commissioned report, Muslims are almost as badly off as dalits, Hinduism's former "untouchables" -- a finding made tragic by the dashed hopes it represents: many Indian Muslims once converted from Hinduism to escape that reviled low-caste status.
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Her multitude of followers see her as an icon, not least because she is a Dalit - the term used for society's bottom rung, formerly called "untouchables" - who rose from humble beginnings to become extremely rich and powerful.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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As the sun began to set on the chilly Sunday evening, the group - half Penn students, half Dalits, or India's "untouchables" - carried flowers and refreshments.
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Pathak's passion for decades has been to eradicate Hindu discrimination against so-called "untouchables" like these women.
Sanitation Pioneer Offers India's 'Untouchable' Women New Lease on Life 2011
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Soon after it gained independence, modern India outlawed discrimination against so-called "untouchables," the lowest of social classifications outlined in Hindu scripture.
Sanitation Pioneer Offers India's 'Untouchable' Women New Lease on Life 2011
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Pathak's passion for decades has been to eradicate Hindu discrimination against so-called "untouchables" like these women.
Sanitation Pioneer Offers India's 'Untouchable' Women New Lease on Life 2011
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Soon after it gained independence, modern India outlawed discrimination against so-called "untouchables," the lowest of social classifications outlined in Hindu scripture.
Sanitation Pioneer Offers India's 'Untouchable' Women New Lease on Life 2011
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