anti-caste
noun
1.
Sociology.
a.
an endogamous and hereditary social group limited to persons of the same rank, occupation, economic position, etc., and having mores distinguishing it from other such groups.
b.
any rigid system of social distinctions.
2.
3.
any class or group of society sharing common cultural features: low caste; high caste.
4.
social position conferred upon one by a caste system: to lose caste.
5.
Entomology. one of the distinct forms among polymorphous social insects, performing a specialized function in the colony, as a queen, worker or soldier.
adjective
6.
of, pertaining to, or characterized by caste: a caste society; a caste system; a caste structure.
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caste (kɑːst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. Brahman Kshatriya Vaisya See also Sudra any of the four major hereditary classes, namely the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra into which Hindu society is divided |
| b. Also called: caste system the system or basis of such classes | |
| c. the social position or rank conferred by this system | |
| 2. | any social class or system based on such distinctions as heredity, rank, wealth, profession, etc |
| 3. | the position conferred by such a system |
| 4. | entomol any of various types of specialized individual, such as the worker, in social insects (hive bees, ants, etc) |
| [C16: from Portuguese casta race, breed, ancestry, from casto pure, chaste, from Latin castus] | |
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Word Origin & History
caste
1555, "a race of men," from L. casto "chaste," from castus "pure, cut off, separated," pp. of carere "to be cut off from" (and related to castrate), from PIE base *kes- "to cut."Application to Hindu social groups picked up in India 17c. from Port. casta "breed, race, caste," earlier casta raca "unmixed
race," from the same L. word. Caste system is first recorded 1840.
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Science Dictionary
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(click for larger image in new window) A specialized group carrying out a specific function within a colony of social insects. For example, in an ant colony, members of the caste of workers forage for food outside the colony or tend eggs and larvae, while the members of the caste of soldiers, often larger with stronger jaws, are responsible for defense of the colony. |
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Cultural Dictionary
caste [(kast)]One of the four hereditary social divisions in Hinduism. Members of any one caste are restricted in their choice of occupation and may have only limited association with members of other castes.
Note: Caste has come to mean a group of persons set apart by economic, social, religious, legal, or political criteria, such as occupation, status, religious denomination, legal privilege, skin color, or some other physical characteristic. Members of a caste tend to associate among themselves and rarely marry outside the caste. Castes are more socially separate from each other than are social classes.
Note: During the height of segregation in the United States, African-Americans were sometimes loosely referred to as a caste.
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