casteism

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casteism

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From caste + -ism.

noun casteisms

  1. uncountable, usually Discrimination based on a person's caste. Things would not change as long as Komal and Lakshaya continued to see each other, even if they relocated: casteism was everywhere.

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noun discrimination based on caste

हिन्दीजातिवाद jātivād, प्रजातिवाद prajātivād
Portuguêscastismo
Françaiscasteisme
Русскийкастовое общество kastovoje obščestvo

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@misc{casteism_2026,
  title = {casteism},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/casteism},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}