Miscreant vs Pariah - What's the difference?
miscreant | pariah | Related terms |
Lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.
(theology) Holding an incorrect religious belief.
One who has behaved badly, or illegally.
One not restrained by moral principles; an unscrupulous villain.
(theology) One who holds a false religious belief; a misbeliever.
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An outcast.
A demographic group, species, or community that is generally despised.
Someone in exile.
A member of one of the oppressed social castes in India.
A person who is rejected (from society or home).
Miscreant is a related term of pariah.
As nouns the difference between miscreant and pariah
is that miscreant is one who has behaved badly, or illegally while pariah is an outcast.As an adjective miscreant
is lacking in conscience or moral principles; unscrupulous.miscreant
English
Alternative forms
* miscreaunt (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Noun
(en noun)- The teacher sent the miscreants to see the school principal.
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- Thou oughtest not to be slothful to the destruction of the miscreants , but to constrain them to obey our Lord God.