Both Uses of
Indian caste system
in
Brave New World
- Or the Caste System.†
p. 47..3 *
- Men who never had to shout at an Epsilon to get an order obeyed; men who took their position for granted; men who moved through the caste system as a fish through water–so utterly at home as to be unaware either of themselves or of the beneficent and comfortable element in which they had their being.†
p. 65..6
Definition:
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(Indian caste system) a system of social ranking -- especially an old hereditary system in India consisting of: Brahmins (priests, scholars and teachers), Kshatriya (warriors and rulers), Vaisya (traders and agriculturists), Sudra (manual workers), and Dalits (untouchables)