Definition of "untouchability" []

• The state or condition of being untouchable. (noun)

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• "In the social field I have already referred to untouchability, which is the greatest social reform, In other fields, in the condition of women, what would have been considered revolutionary changes have been made."
• "We have a bunch of power-drunk criminals in the White House who are not going to go easily from "untouchability" to vulnerability."
• "But the most surprising thing in the world is that they have never seriously dealt with the cruel treatment going on in the name of caste untouchability which is clearly referred to in several Hindu scriptures such as the Vedas, Upanishads, the Mahabharata and the Manusmriti."