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caste Definition:
- Caste is a form of social stratification characterized by endogamy, hereditary transmission of a lifestyle which often includes an occupation, ritual status in a hierarchy, and customary social interaction and exclusion based on cultural notions of purity and pollution. Its paradigmatic ethnographic example is the division of society into rigid social groups, with roots in ancient history and persisting until today. Sometimes, sociologists and anthropologists study the caste-like social divisions existing in various countries by using the Indian caste system as an analogical basis for research. The term caste-system is also applied to non-human populations like ants and bees.
| Caste (n.) One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism. |
| Caste (n.) A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves. |
| Half-caste (n.) One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective |
| caste in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony |
| caste a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth |
| caste (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus, stratified according to ritual purity |
| caste system a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity |
| caste social status or position conferred by a system based on class, "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station" |
caste Synonyme:
| caste ashram blood body bracket branch category clan class colony commonwealth commune community condition division echelon economic class endogamous group estate extended family family footing gens grade group grouping head heading hierarchy kin kinship group label level moiety nuclear family order phratria phratry phyle pigeonhole place position power structure precedence predicament race rank rate rating rubric section sept set settlement social class society sphere stage standing station status strain stratum subcaste subdivision subgroup suborder title totem |
| castellan air warden attendant captain caretaker chatelain chatelaine commandant commander conservator curator custodian director executive forest ranger game warden gamekeeper governor guardian guardian angel intendant janitor keeper lifeguard lifesaver manager master next friend prochein ami ranger ruler shepherd steward warden warder |
| castellate arm armor armor-plate bank barricade battle blockade bulwark crenellate dig in embattle entrench fence fortify garrison man man the garrison mine palisade wall |