Meaning

One who discriminates against people based on their caste..

Definitions by Sense

1. One who discriminates against people based on their caste.
2. 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.

Of course, Dahal was rebuking his political rivals and not directly discriminating against Dalits. Yet, a top leader’s use of derogatory casteist slurs was deeply offensive. These terms have long been commonly used to dominate, humiliate, ridicule, exclude and demean Dalits in everyday life.

Word Forms

• casteists
• more casteist
• most casteist

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Use casteist when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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