casteist

English

Etymology

From caste +‎ -ist.

Noun

casteist (plural casteists)

1. One who discriminates against people based on their caste.
   • 2015, Kamala Narasimha, Life-Breath and the Truth: The Real and the Delusory:

     If Indians endorse literature that endorses caste, all it means is that such admirers are also unabashed casteists or apologists for caste.

Adjective

casteist (comparative more casteist, superlative most casteist)

1. Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to casteism.
   • 2023, Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors, Solaris (2024), pages 377-378:

     Shining Jewel of Truth made an impassioned speech to his crowd and cameras about collective responsibility, and how these consequences demonstrated that the actions of the state are neither racist nor casteist. See, he said, the high are punished as surely as the low.

Translations

one who discriminates against people based on their caste

• Hindi: जातिवादी m (jātivādī)

Anagrams

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