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casteism

casteism noun: discrimination based on a person's caste.

Noun

casteism (usually uncountable, plural casteisms)

  1. (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.2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 135
    • Here, representatives of Indian Dalits (unsuccessfully) tried to make casteism part of the official condemnation of racism.2023, Wulf D. Hund, Marx and Haiti, page 171

casteism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

casteism in Hindi

discrimination based on caste
जातिवाद jātivād, प्रजातिवाद prajātivād

casteism in Tamil

சாதீயம்

casteism in Urdu

discrimination based on caste
ذات پَرَسْتی zāt parastī

casteism in Malayalam

discrimination based on caste
ജാതീയത jātīyata
More languagesFewer languages
casteism in Odia
ଜାତିଭେଦ jātibheda

Forms of casteism

pluralcasteisms

Origin of casteism

From caste + -ism.

Questions about casteism

What does casteism mean?
Casteism means discrimination based on a person's caste.
What is casteism in Hindi?
Casteism in Hindi is जातिवाद (jātivād), प्रजातिवाद (prajātivād). See Casteism meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is casteism?
Casteism is a noun.
What is the plural of casteism?
The plural of casteism is casteisms.

Words near casteism in the dictionary

  1. casted
  2. casted off
  3. castedst
  4. Casteel
  5. Casteels
  6. casteism
  7. casteisms
  8. casteist
  9. casteists
  10. Castel
  11. Castel Gandolfo

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Adapted from Wiktionary: casteism (page history and authors); casteism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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