adj.
- not able to be touched or affected.
- unable to be matched or rivalled.
- of or belonging to the lowest-caste Hindu group or the people outside the caste system.
n.
a member of the lowest-caste Hindu group, with whom contact is traditionally held to defile members of higher castes.
Derivative
Usage
In senses relating to the traditional Hindu caste system, the term untouchable and the social restrictions accompanying it were declared illegal in the constitution of India in 1949 and of Pakistan in 1953. The official term today is scheduled caste.
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