casteless
1
9.5
A person who does not belong to any caste and is often excluded from the community
- adjective
- /ˈkæsteɪləs/
- Indian
:
sin casta
- A casteless system allows individuals to pursue their dreams without being limited by their social status.
Examples
-
Human longing in our country should be for nothing more or less than "a classless and casteless America" (30).
Academic text (1998) -
In a casteless society, everyone is treated equally regardless of their background.
-
The speaker advocated for a casteless community where hierarchy and discrimination no longer existed.
Synonyms
1
9.9
Not belonging to a caste or social group and treated as outside society
is simply without caste membership and lacks official place in the hierarchy
Surface Forms
casteless positive
Morphology
Etymology
Casteless comes from caste, a word English took from Portuguese for an Indian 'line' or 'family group', and the common English ending -less meaning 'without'. So casteless literally means 'without a caste' — someone who does not belong to any group in a caste system.