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Recent Examples of pariahs
Advertisement The presence of India’s prime minister provided some democratic gloss to this parade of pariahs.
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Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
The Real Deal, a real estate trade publication, first reported on those suits in June, and Oren and Tal quickly tumbled from their perch and became pariahs.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The Russian leader has used domestic military production to buoy the economy and relied on a network of countries to circumvent international sanctions — from global powers like China and India to international pariahs like Iran and North Korea.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2025
After Stalin’s death in 1953, expressing discomfort with one’s place in the Communist paradise was no longer necessarily fatal, and a new underclass of pariahs—many poets and scientists among them—became a subversive force.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
The two nations, both pariahs in the West, have forged increasingly warm ties since Russia’s invasion.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
The two parties do cooperate in government at regional level, but they would be treated as pariahs by the rest of Europe.
—Mark Gilbert, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2016
Bobby Ghosh, Time, 2 Sep. 2025
The pariahs deemed monstrous, Ne Zha included, might have within them a more commendable moral compass.
—Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 2 Mar. 2025
The Real Deal, a real estate trade publication, first reported on those suits in June, and Oren and Tal quickly tumbled from their perch and became pariahs.
—Debra Kamin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
The Russian leader has used domestic military production to buoy the economy and relied on a network of countries to circumvent international sanctions — from global powers like China and India to international pariahs like Iran and North Korea.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2025
After Stalin’s death in 1953, expressing discomfort with one’s place in the Communist paradise was no longer necessarily fatal, and a new underclass of pariahs—many poets and scientists among them—became a subversive force.
—Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
The two nations, both pariahs in the West, have forged increasingly warm ties since Russia’s invasion.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 18 Oct. 2024
The two parties do cooperate in government at regional level, but they would be treated as pariahs by the rest of Europe.
—Mark Gilbert, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pariahs
Noun
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Clearly, people feel like outcasts even if the world doesn’t see them that way.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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Some of these mistruths portrayed the killers as outcasts and, crucially, victims.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The town serves as the backdrop for what many surrounding the production consider the creative high point of the season — an episode 5 spaghetti western side mission that involves lepers, eye-gauging vultures, and a train pulled by zombies.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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In it, Jackson Lamb (Oldman), River Cartwright (Jack Lowden) and the rest of the MI5 rejects are on the case — and a bit on the defense.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Pariahs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pariahs. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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