casteist en · ADJ
Etymology
From caste + -ist.
Meanings
-
Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to casteism.
The casteist slur of 'chamar' was hurled at a worker in a private housing colony and he was prevented from walking before certain residents because of the casteist fear of pollution.
2021, Samarika Lulz, Michael Riegner, “Freedom of expression and hate speech”, in Arun K. Thiruvengadam, Philipp Dann, editors, Democratic Constitutionalism in India and the European Union, page 207:Of course, Dahal was rebuking his political rivals and not directly discriminating against Dalits. Yet, a top leader’s use of derogatory casteist slurs was deeply offensive. These terms have long been commonly used to dominate, humiliate, ridicule, exclude and demean Dalits in everyday life.
2024 November 8, Mitra Pariyar, “Dahal’s casteist slurs”, in The Kathmandu Post:Shining Jewel of Truth made an impassioned speech to his crowd and cameras about collective responsibility, and how these consequences demonstrated that the actions of the state are neither racist nor casteist. See, he said, the high are punished as surely as the low.
2023, Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors, Solaris (2024), pages 377-378:"No, no, no. I don't even want you to touch this project because you're ill-fated. You, you're ill-fated," she told me, recollecting the incident and noting how instead of communicating in English, he had used a Hindi word, which is a widely recognized casteist slur in India: manhoos.
2024, Yashica Dutt, Coming Out as Dalit, →ISBN, page 198:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most casteist | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more casteist | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
hi जातिवादी (one who discriminates against people based on their caste)