caste system

1. 1.

   a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity

   Broaderclass structure

Questions about caste system

What does caste system mean?

caste system means "a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity".

Is caste system a common word?

caste system is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.