untouchability

English

Etymology

untouchable +‎ -ity

Noun

untouchability (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being untouchable.
   • 2008 June 15, Anand Giridharadas, “Indian to the Core, and an Oligarch”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Can we make sure that we create a social structure where we remove untouchability?

   • 2021, Will Storr, The Status Game:

     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.'

Synonyms

• untouchableness

Translations

discrimination

• Assamese: please add this translation if you can
• Bengali: অস্পৃশ্যতা (ośpriśśota)
• French: intouchabilité (fr) f
• Hindi: छुआछूत (hi) m (chuāchūt), अस्पृश्यता (hi) f (aspŕśyatā)
• Italian: intoccabilità f
• Malayalam: തൊട്ടുകൂടായ്മ (toṭṭukūṭāyma)
• Sanskrit: अस्पृश्यता f (aspṛśyatā)
• Spanish: intocabilidad f
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: అంటరానితనము (aṇṭarānitanamu)