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caste
caste Caste is a hereditary social class marked by strict limits on social contact and originally tied to perceived racial difference, later also to occupation or religion.
Caste is a hereditary social class marked by strict limits on social contact and originally tied to perceived racial difference, later also to occupation or religion. The term is especially associated with India’s social divisions, though similar fixed class systems have appeared in other societies.