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Recent Examples of subcaste
Let Israel choose the words to describe permanent control over a subcaste of about five million civilians who lack rights and representation.
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Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
Hybrid work could even effectively create a subcaste of employees for those who choose to continue doing their jobs remotely, career experts warn.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 6 May 2021
India remains a largely conservative society where most people don’t marry outside their subcaste, let alone outside their faith.
—Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2020
Michael Oren, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2023
Hybrid work could even effectively create a subcaste of employees for those who choose to continue doing their jobs remotely, career experts warn.
—Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 6 May 2021
India remains a largely conservative society where most people don’t marry outside their subcaste, let alone outside their faith.
—Sadanand Dhume, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subcaste
Noun
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The macro 20th century Western rhetoric about Catholic charity can surely be critiqued for not engaging with the driving ideological role of caste, but that is not the interest of nor the purview of this film.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
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The Ramayana has hundreds of versions — across states, dialects, castes.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The drama even addresses class divides, with one mother paying her son's girlfriend—who hails from a lower social stratum—to end their relationship.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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The demographic data in celebrity criminal trials is a point of obsession, given the stratum of the star defendant: Who are Combs’s peers?—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
3 July 2025
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“Subcaste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcaste. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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