casteistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

casteist (plural casteists)

1. One who discriminates against people based on their caste.
   • 2015, Kamala Narasimha, Life-Breath and the Truth: The Real and the Delusory:

     If Indians endorse literature that endorses caste, all it means is that such admirers are also unabashed casteists or apologists for caste.

形容詞

casteist (comparative more casteist, superlative most casteist)

1. Constituting, exhibiting, advocating, or pertaining to casteism.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 2023, Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors, Solaris (2024), pages 377-378:

     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.

   • 2024, Yashica Dutt, Coming Out as Dalit, →ISBN, page 198:

     "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 November 8, Mitra Pariyar, “Dahal’s casteist slurs”, in The Kathmandu Post‎:

     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.

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