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- Dictionarycaste/kɑːst/
noun
- 1. each of the hereditary classes of Hindu society, distinguished by relative degrees of ritual purity or pollution and of social status: "members of the lower castes"
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A caste is a fixed social group into which an individual is born within a particular system of social stratification: a caste system. Within such a system, individuals are expected to marry exclusively within the same caste (endogamy), follow lifestyles often linked to a particular occupation, hold a ritual status observed within a hierarchy, and interact with others based on cultural notions of e... Wikipedia