单词 | casteism |
释义 | casteismn. Adherence to or belief in a caste system or a similarly hierarchical system of social organization; prejudice or discrimination on the basis of caste or social rank. ΚΠ 1852 Manch. Examiner & Times 14 Feb. 4/4 The possession of hereditary acres is the sacred symbol of castism in this country [sc. England]. 1857 Liverpool Daily Post 16 Sept. 5/3 The idle pride of casteism on which this insurrection has been founded, or which has been made the pretext of it. 1909 J. F. Newton David Swing Poet-Preacher vii. 147 By way of twitting Arnold for his English castism, he introduced Franklin McVeagh as a grocer..much to the amusement of all. 1952 Times of India 3 Jan. 5/6 Casteism should have no place in politics, and..I shall see to it that those who think on caste lines are expelled from the Congress. 2005 New Internationalist July 20/2 There is greater danger from those who declare that casteism is bad, but view people of all other castes except their own with enormous suspicion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2022). < n.1852 |
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