Pariah
Etymology
From Tamil paṟaiyar, the plural of paṟaiyan, the name of a large low-status caste of drummers and laborers in southern India (from paṟai, “a large drum”). Europeans generalized the caste name into a word for any social outcast.
noun · /puh-RY-uh/
A person who is despised and shunned by their community.
What it names
The social untouchable — the one others actively avoid, cast out of the group and treated as beyond the pale.
Example
After the scandal broke, the once-celebrated coach became a pariah in his own hometown.
Related idea
An outcast has been cast out; pariah adds the sense of being untouchable — someone others actively refuse to go near.