Definition of Casteism

1. the use of a caste system [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Casteism

castanea
castaneous
castanet
castanetist
castanetists
castanets
castaway
castaway(a)
castaways
caste
caste-ridden
caste system
casted
casted off
casteism (current term)
casteisms
casteless
castelike
castell
castella
castellan
castellani
castellanies
castellans
castellanus
castellany
castellate
castellated
castellation

Literary usage of Casteism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lok Sabha Debates. by India Parliament. Lok Sabha, India, Parliament, Lok Sabha (1839)
"The most important characteristics of Hindu religion are casteism and untouchability. ... conversion is no solution to casteism and untouchability. ..."

2. Participatory Development: Learning from South Asia by Ponna Wignaraja (1991)
"... obscurantist ideology, rank casteism and fuedal oppression of women, in short in a democratic awakening in semi-feudal Bihar is increasing. ..."

3. African Slavery in America by Charles Jared Ingersoll (1856)
"... the same as European or American repugnance to polygamy or the Koran in Turkey, to infanticide, fetichism, or casteism in China or India. ..."

4. Documents on the War of the Nations from Neutral and Anti-German Sources by Christian Ludwig Droste (1915)
""The poor and honest Germans of the United States—those who came here to better their fortunes and escape despotism and casteism; those who when they took ..."

5. The Lab, the Temple, and the Market: Reflections at the Intersection of ...by Sharon Harper by Sharon Harper (2000)
"... violence (for example, between Hindu and Muslim groups), a rising incidence of violence generally, widespread corruption, rampant illiteracy, casteism, ..."

6. Documents on the War of the Nations by Christian Ludwig Droste (1915)
"Are we at the mercy of the insane Hohenzollern, not only through his emissaries sending his odious system of government and debasing theories^of casteism ..."

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