caste system
noun
the rigid Hindu system of hereditary social distinctions based on castes.
caste systems
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pluralof caste system.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Her skepticism encourages her to dig deeper — traveling across continents and time periods — and eventually to find her answer in a global history of caste systems.
From New York Times ● Jan. 19, 2024
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor plays Wilkerson as she goes on a journey to link the caste systems of America, India and Nazi Germany to show how people are degraded and separated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023
One of his recent books explored race and caste systems in colonial Mexico.
From Washington Post ● May 2, 2023
Also banned was “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents,” which equates parts of America’s experience with minorities to the caste systems of India and Nazi Germany.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
The notion that black people have always been united in opposition to American caste systems is sheer myth.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
