untouchability

American  

[uhn-tuhch-uh-bil-i-tee] / ˌʌn tʌtʃ əˈbɪl ɪ ti /

noun

Hinduism.

1. the quality or condition of being an untouchable, ascribed in the Vedic tradition to persons of low caste or to persons excluded from the caste system.

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Etymology

Origin of untouchability

First recorded in 1920–25; untouch(able) + -ability

Example Sentences

By introducing a series of talks on "Widow Remarriage," "Untouchability," etc. he shocked the orthodox public into listening to his Bombay station.

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Mrs. Cromwell turned the conversation to the Mahatma's campaign against Untouchability, which she said impressed her.

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The neighboring States of Cochin and Mysore were expected to follow the lead of Travancore, but this lead went only a short way toward solving the problem of Untouchability.

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Since Mahatma Gandhi dropped his anti-British disobedience campaign and turned to such a forlorn cause as abolishing Untouchability, more and more of India's Hindus have turned away from him.

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Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.

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