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Definition of Caste
1. Noun. Social status or position conferred by a system based on class. "Lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"
2. Noun. (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity.
Category relationships: Hindooism, Hinduism
Generic synonyms: Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum
Specialized synonyms: Jati
Generic synonyms: Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum
Specialized synonyms: Jati
3. Noun. A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth.
4. Noun. In some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony.
Category relationships: Bugology, Entomology
Generic synonyms: Animal Group
Group relationships: Colony
Generic synonyms: Animal Group
Group relationships: Colony
Definition of Caste
1. n. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism.
Definition of Caste
1. Noun. Any of the hereditary social classes and subclasses of South Asian societies. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caste
1. a system of distinct social classes [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caste
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