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p-uh-REYE-uh/pəˈraɪə/

A pariah is a person or group rejected and avoided by others; an outcast: treat as a pariah, a pariah cohort. Exclude (already in the dictionary) is the verb; dropping a slice without a note is still a methods hole.

Meaning

A person or group rejected and avoided by others; an outcast (from exclude, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “Treating the night cohort as a pariah is not a sampling frame; name the slice.”
• “Exclude is already in this course. Outcast is the close twin. Silence is a slogan. A named list with a date is methods. Write the frame; then keep the silence if the ethics minute still allows the cut.”

Good to know

An outcast; someone shunned. Everyday: exclude (already in the dictionary). Silence ≠ a frame.

Near in meaning

outcast, cast-off, untouchable

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