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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   India's system of reserving seats in government and in higher educational institutions for certain underprivileged groups. uncountable
2. 2
   The policy of confinement of Native Americans to Indian reservations. uncountable

Etymology

From reservation + -ism.

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