Pariah, originally the name of the pariah people in India, has gained widespread use as an analogy, especially in the phrase "social pariah", as a term for anyone despised or rejected by others. This word is sometimes considered to be offensive. It has also been adopted as: Pariah dog Pariah comic book character Pariah computer game Pariah band Pariah state—for example, apartheid South Africa (until 1994), Zimbabwe for alleged human rights violations, and Israel. Pariah is also the name for elite Necron troops in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop game. Pariah is a 2005 album by Naglfar (band) Pariah (production company) produces SHOWBIZ SHOW with David Spade This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an internal link referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.