casteism

From caste +‎ -ism.

casteism (usually uncountable, plural casteisms)

1. Discrimination based on a person's caste.
   • 2023, Radhika Iyengar, Fire on the Ganges, Fourth Estate, page 135:

     Things would not change as long as Komal and Lakshaya continued to see each other, even if they relocated: casteism was everywhere.

   • 2023, Wulf D. Hund, Marx and Haiti, page 171:

     Here, representatives of Indian Dalits (unsuccessfully) tried to make casteism part of the official condemnation of racism.

• Acmeists, acmeists, etacisms