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MONGOLOID
mongoloid
(adjective) (offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome
Mongoloid
(adjective) of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia
mongoloid
(adjective) characteristic of or resembling a Mongol; “the mongoloid epicanthic fold”
mongoloid
(noun) a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)
Mongoloid
(noun) a member of the Mongoloid family
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mongoloid (plural mongoloids)
(anthropology, dated, offensive) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Pacific Oceania, and the Americas, as well as their diaspora in other parts of the world.
(now offensive) A person with Down syndrome.
(offensive) Idiot, retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.
Usage notes
Due to associations with old racial (and racist) theories (as with Caucasoid, Negroid), and associations with Down syndrome, the term is often offensive.
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"go*loid, a. Etym: [Mongol + -oid.]
Definition: Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols. Huxley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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