pariahdom
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]pariahdom (uncountable)
- The state of being a pariah or outcast.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 162:
- Glasses were filled, arresting the trooper on a theme of passion; the pariahdom of the country cop, whose self-respect is to retort the law's blackmail for blackmail levied on his self-respect.
- 2009 August 22, “'Mad dog' Gadhafi claws his way to respect”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- The Libyan leader's first-ever trip to the United States, expected in September for an address to the UN General Assembly, will mark a further sign of return from pariahdom.