"mongolism" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mongolisms [plural]
Etymology: From Mongol + -ism, coined by John Langdon Down. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|Mongol|ism}} Mongol + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mongolism (countable and uncountable, plural mongolisms)
  1. (now offensive) Down syndrome. Wikipedia link: John Langdon Down Tags: countable, offensive, uncountable Related terms: mongol, mongoloid, mong Translations (Down syndrome): 蒙古症 (mung⁴ gu² zing³) (Chinese Cantonese), 蒙古症 (ménggǔzhèng) (Chinese Mandarin), mongolisme [masculine] (French), Mongolismus [dated, masculine] (German), 蒙古症 (mùng-kú-chṳ́n) (Hakka Chinese), mongolizm [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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