Definitions

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  • adjective In terms of caste.
  • adverb In terms of caste.

Etymologies

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caste +‎ -wise

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Examples

  • Madiga Reservation Porata Samity launched a statewide militant mass movement for castewise categorisation of reserved seats in educational institutions and jobs etc so that extremely depressed castes which could not avail of the quota for historical reasons could avail of it now.

    Kafila 2009

  • Dalit is the term currently in use for the lowest of the low, castewise, in India, those once called untouchables and then, more euphemistically, by Mahatma Gandhi, Harijans or the "children of god."

    WhirledView 2009

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