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单词 untouchability
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untouchabilityn.

Brit. /ʌnˌtʌtʃəˈbɪlᵻti/, /ˌʌntʌtʃəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənˌtətʃəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Etymology: < untouchable adj.: see -ility suffix.
The quality or state of being untouchable; the condition or status of an untouchable; the social practice of having a class or caste of untouchables. Also transferred.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > [noun] > lack of affability
strangenessc1386
unhomelinessc1440
fremdnessa1500
coldness1557
coolnessa1586
self-guarda1586
diskindness1596
formality1599
reservedness1606
inaffability1611
restrainta1616
unconess1637
chillness1639
froideur1645
distance1660
starchedness1670
buckram1682
starchness?1693
starch1694
reserve1711
stiffness1717
unapproachableness1727
retirement1803
angularity1824
standoffishness1826
distancy1836
chill1837
starchiness1844
unapproachability1846
hedgehogginess1858
standoff1865
offishness1867
aloofness1878
pokerishness1880
untouchableness1909
untouchability1919
stuffiness1926
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > other people of low rank or condition > [noun] > member of any low Hindu caste > member of specific low Hindu caste > quality or condition of
untouchableness1909
untouchability1919
1919 F. B. Fisher India's Silent Revol. v. 110 The depressed classes are now holding Untouchability Conferences at frequent intervals.
1928 Speeches Maharaja of Baroda 244 The question of untouchability was particularly Hindu.
1929 19th Cent. Dec. 763 His own system..tends to perpetuate such cruel social abuses as untouchability and child marriage.
1952 A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Structure & Function in Primitive Society vii. 138 An extreme sanctity or untouchability attached to a chief born of a brother and sister who were themselves children of a brother and sister.
1958 Times 9 Sept. 9/6 The origin of untouchability in Japan is not clear.
1978 L. Heren Growing up on The Times ii. 44 Untouchability, surely the greatest injustice in the history of mankind.
1979 J. Wainwright Tension xvii. 59 She has a perpetual air of untouchability about her.
1982 Times 24 June 3 Among the first generation [of Asians], untouchability is practised..in Britain... The Hindus of Southall have a separate temple for their untouchables.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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