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untouchability

status of certain social groups confined to menial and despised jobs
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untouchability

Summary

untouchability ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,551 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • untouchability is a type of discrimination[2].
  • untouchability is a type of underclass[3].
  • untouchability is a type of social rejection[4].
  • untouchability's Commons category is recorded as Untouchability[5].
  • untouchability's Revised Romanization is recorded as Cheon min[6].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include discrimination[2], underclass[3], and social rejection[4].

Why It Matters

untouchability ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,551 views/month).[1] untouchability has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_untouchability_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{untouchability}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/untouchability}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → k8Gta
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → discrimination, underclass, social rejection
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