caste system

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kast sistemi
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a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity
a type of class system linked to the Hindu religion Caste is decided by birth, it cannot be changed People born into a high caste are allowed to do the best jobs; the lower castes get the dirtiest and worst paid jobs
A system of social inequality in which people's status is permanently determined at birth based on their parents' ascribed characteristics
type of social stratification; social grouping by occupation, heredity, etc; immovable social system; system in which one is born into a social status group and is unable to change that status or position
An inflexible organization of Indian society by hereditary occupation Introduced in the second millenium BC by the Aryan invaders, this stratification persists down to the present day, in spite of legal prohibitions and the best efforts of modern India to eradicate it There are four castes, in descending order: brahmans (priests), kshatriyas (warriors), vaishyas (farm owners, merchants, artisans), and shudras (menials, laborers, serfs) Below even the shudras are the untouchables, a group so low that they are completely outside the caste system, composed of non-Aryan aborigines and polluted workers such as street-sweepers, tanners, corpse-handlers, and Western tourists
Closed, hereditary system of stratification, often dictated by religion; hierarchical social status is ascribed at birth, so that people are locked into their parents' social position
the ranking of members in a society by occupational status and degree of purity or pollution as determined by their birth
caste system

    Hyphenation

    caste sys·tem

    Turkish pronunciation

    käst sîstım

    Pronunciation

    /ˈkast ˈsəstəm/ /ˈkæst ˈsɪstəm/
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