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pariah noun castaway, deportee, derelict, exile, fugitive, heretic, offender, outcast, outlaw, proscribed person, rebel, renegade, scab, sectarist, sectary, tergiversator See also: derelict How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Complicating the already difficult situation is Jake's disabled little brother Frankie, unable to walk or talk and prone to fits; his existence must be kept secret lest the family be made pariahs. Alex and Luther seem to be the only high school students interested in learning more about managing forests, but because they even dare to question the views of most of the people in town--who believe the government and conservation policies are responsible for shutting down the lumber industry--they are considered pariahs. The best-selling female group of all time thought it would be appropriate to have their (since) ironically labeled ``Top of the World'' tour filmed, and to their credit they kept the video cams around as fallout from the off-the-cuff remark turned the Chicks into right-wing punching bags and pariahs to large swaths of once-adoring conservative country music fans. |
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