caste
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But he had also taught me some of Russian prison’s unwritten rules—and how I could avoid ending up in the lowest rung of its caste system.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
In reality, no such grader existed, but 1,000 agents believed he did, and that belief produced an entire social caste of agents sure they had nothing left to lose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
But the caste system is very deeply rooted, said Gidion Mbilijora, who was the "bupati" or head of the East Sumba district for 13 years, and who owns two atas himself.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
Between 1918 and his assassination in 1948, Gandhi fasted repeatedly - against religious violence, caste discrimination and political discord - turning the empty plate into one of the defining symbols of India's freedom struggle.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
The history of racial caste in the United States would end with the Civil War if the idea of race and racial difference had died when the institution of slavery was put to rest.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
Over the years, quotas have grown to encompass many other groups, including politically powerful landowning castes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Reports say this careful selection of judges, representing different genders, religions, castes and regions, will help "lend wider legitimacy to a verdict that will inevitably traverse contested terrain".
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2026
For Mr Teltumbde, castes are "too pernicious to be managed for any progressive purpose".
From BBC ● Nov. 12, 2025
Most ants have two morphologically differentiated adult castes -- queens and workers -- each irreversibly specialized for either reproduction or nonreproductive altruism such as foraging, defense and care of maternal brood.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
Two-fold Historical Origin of Good and Evil.—The notion of good and bad has a two-fold historical origin: namely, first, in the spirit of ruling races and castes.
From Human, All Too Human A Book for Free Spirits by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
Vocabulary lists containing caste
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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World Religions
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