Social Sciences, asked by thegreat26, 6 months ago

what do you mean by untouchability?​

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Answered by Anonymous
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ᴜɴᴛᴏᴜᴄʜᴀʙɪʟɪᴛʏ, ɪɴ ɪᴛs ʟɪᴛᴇʀᴀʟ sᴇɴsᴇ, ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʀᴀᴄᴛɪᴄᴇ ᴏғ ᴏsᴛʀᴀᴄɪsɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴍɪɴᴏʀɪᴛʏ ɢʀᴏᴜᴘ ʙʏ sᴇɢʀᴇɢᴀᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇᴍ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɪɴsᴛʀᴇᴀᴍ ʙʏ sᴏᴄɪᴀʟ ᴄᴜsᴛᴏᴍ ᴏʀ ʟᴇɢᴀʟ ᴍᴀɴᴅᴀᴛᴇ. ... ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇʀᴍ ɪs ᴍᴏsᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴏɴʟʏ ᴀssᴏᴄɪᴀᴛᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʀᴇᴀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʟɪᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴜɴɪᴛɪᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴅɪᴀɴ sᴜʙᴄᴏɴᴛɪɴᴇɴᴛ ᴡʜᴏ ᴡᴇʀᴇ ᴄᴏɴsɪᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ "ᴘᴏʟʟᴜᴛɪɴɢ".

Answered by babitabhandari12
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Untouchability, in its literal sense, is the practice of ostracising a minority group by segregating them from the mainstream by social custom or legal mandate. ... The term is most commonly associated with treatment of the Dalit communities in the Indian subcontinent who were considered "polluting".

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