Casteist

Quick meaning: Casteist is a noun meaning One who discriminates against people based on their caste.

Meaning

One who discriminates against people based on their caste.

More Meanings

1. Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to casteism.

Example Sentences

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

The casteist slur of 'chamar' was hurled at a worker in a private housing colony and he was prevented from walking before certain residents because of the casteist fear of pollution.

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.

"No, no, no. I don't even want you to touch this project because you're ill-fated. You, you're ill-fated," she told me, recollecting the incident and noting how instead of communicating in English, he had used a Hindi word, which is a widely recognized casteist slur in India: manhoos.

Word Forms

• casteists

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include castist, religist, discriminator, culturist, genderist, foodist.

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