casteism

English

Etymology

From caste +‎ -ism.

Noun

casteism (usually uncountable, plural casteisms)

1. Discrimination based on a person's caste.
   • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 135:

     Things would not change as long as Komal and Lakshaya continued to see each other, even if they relocated: casteism was everywhere.

   • 2023, Wulf D. Hund, Marx and Haiti, page 171:

     Here, representatives of Indian Dalits (unsuccessfully) tried to make casteism part of the official condemnation of racism.

Translations

discrimination based on caste

• French: casteisme m
• Hindi: जातिवाद m (jātivād), प्रजातिवाद m (prajātivād)
• Malayalam: ജാതീയത (jātīyata)
• Odia: ଜାତିଭେଦ (jātibheda)
• Portuguese: castismo m
• Russian: кастовое общество n (kastovoje obščestvo)
• Urdu: ذات پَرَسْتی f (zāt parastī)

Anagrams

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