untouchable (redirected from Untouchables)

un·touch·a·ble  (n-tch-bl)

adj.

1. Not to be touched.

2. Out of reach; unobtainable.

3. Being beyond the reach of criticism, impeachment, or attack.

4. Loathsome or unpleasant to the touch.

n. often Untouchable

A member of the class that is excluded from and considered unclean and defiling by the four Hindu castes.

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un·toucha·bili·ty n.

un·toucha·bly adv.

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untouchable [ʌnˈtʌtʃəb^əl]

adj

1. lying beyond reach

2. above reproach, suspicion, or impeachment

3. unable to be touched

n

also called Dalit (Non-Christian Religions / Hinduism) a member of the lowest class in India, whom those of the four main castes were formerly forbidden to touch

untouchability  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	untouchable - belongs to lowest social and ritual class in India Harijan castaway, outcast, pariah, Ishmael - a person who is rejected (from society or home)
Adj.	1.	untouchable - beyond the reach of criticism or attack or impeachment; "for the first time criticism was directed at a hitherto untouchable target"- Newsweek invulnerable - immune to attack; impregnable; "gunners raked the beach from invulnerable positions on the cliffs"
	2.	untouchable - impossible to assail                 unassailable inviolable - incapable of being transgressed or dishonored; "the person of the king is inviolable"; "an inviolable oath"
	3.	untouchable - forbidden to the touch; "in most museums such articles are untouchable" impermissible - not permitted; "impermissible behavior"
	4.	untouchable - ( especially used in traditional Hindu belief of the lowest caste or castes) defiling unclean, impure - having a physical or moral blemish so as to make impure according to dietary or ceremonial laws; "unclean meat"; "and the swine...is unclean to you"-Leviticus 11:3
	5.	untouchable - not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth" unobtainable, unprocurable, inaccessible unavailable - not available or accessible or at hand; "fresh milk was unavailable during the emergency"; "his secretary said he was unavailable for comment"

Translations

untouchable [ʌnˈtʌtʃəbl]

A. ADJ → intocable

B. N → intocable mf

untouchable [ʌnˈtʌtʃəb^əl]

adj

(= unlikely to be punished) → intouchable

(= unbeatable) [sports player] → imbattable; [entertainer] → inégalable

n (in India) → intouchable mf

untouchable

adj

→ unberührbar

(= immune) person, rights → unantastbar

(= supreme) → unantastbar

n → Unberührbare(r) mf

untouchable [ʌnˈtʌtʃəbl]

1. n (in India) → paria m inv, intoccabile m/f

2. adj → intoccabile