Meanings
- uncountableThe 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 Times1 more example
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 GameSynonyms: untouchableness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or condition of being untouchable.
Origin
Translations
Bengali অস্পৃশ্যতা
- অস্পৃশ্যতা (ośpriśśota)discrimination
French intouchabilité
- intouchabilitédiscrimination
Hindi छुआछूत, अस्पृश्यता
- छुआछूत (chuāchūt)discrimination
- अस्पृश्यता (aspŕśyatā)discrimination
Italian intoccabilità
- intoccabilitàdiscrimination
Polish nietykalność
- nietykalnośćdiscrimination
Spanish intocabilidad
- intocabilidaddiscrimination
Tamil தீண்டாமை
- தீண்டாமை (tīṇṭāmai)discrimination
Cite this entry
untouchability. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untouchability
“untouchability.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untouchability. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untouchability,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untouchability.
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