"mongoloid" meaning in English

See mongoloid in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑŋɡəˌlɔɪd/ [General-American] Forms: more mongoloid [comparative], most mongoloid [superlative], Mongoloid [alternative], Mongolioid [alternative]
Etymology: From Mongol + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mongol|oid}} Mongol + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj}} mongoloid (comparative more mongoloid, superlative most mongoloid)
  1. (anthropology, dated, offensive) Being a member or pertaining to characteristics of this racial classification. Tags: dated, offensive Related terms: Australoid, Caucasoid, negroid
    Sense id: en-mongoloid-en-adj-N56WHBA5 Categories (other): Anthropology Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈmɑŋɡəˌlɔɪd/ [General-American] Forms: mongoloids [plural], Mongoloid [alternative], Mongolioid [alternative]
Etymology: From Mongol + -oid. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Mongol|oid}} Mongol + -oid Head templates: {{en-noun}} mongoloid (plural mongoloids)
  1. (anthropology, dated) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia (and sometimes eastern Fennoscandia) – as well as their descendants in other parts of the world. Tags: dated Derived forms (others): Proto-Mongoloid Translations (member of the racial classification): 蒙古人种 (Měnggǔ rénzhǒng) (Chinese Mandarin), asiatique (French), mongoloïde (French), मंगोल (maṅgol) [masculine] (Hindi), モンゴロイド (mongoroido) (Japanese), 黄色人種 (ōshoku jinshu) (alt: おうしょくじんしゅ) (Japanese), 蒙古人種 (Mōko jinshu) (alt: もうこじんしゅ) (Japanese), моңғолоид (moñğoloid) (Kazakh), 몽골 인종 (monggol injong) (Korean), монголои́д (mongoloíd) (Macedonian), монголоид (mongoloid) (Mongolian), mongoloid [masculine] (Polish), mongoloide (Portuguese), монголо́ид (mongolóid) [masculine] (Russian), malamunggol (Tagalog), มองโกลอยด์ (mɔng-goo-lɔɔi) (Thai), đại chủng Á (Vietnamese)
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  2. (now offensive) A person with Down syndrome. Tags: offensive
    Sense id: en-mongoloid-en-noun--g52Wihg
  3. (offensive) An idiot, a retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome. Tags: offensive Derived forms (idiot, retard): mong, mongo [British, Scottish]
    Sense id: en-mongoloid-en-noun-HzR-1lNc Disambiguation of 'idiot, retard': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Mongol, Mongolian, mongolism

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Both American Indians and Mongoloids have shovel-shaped incisor teeth and, at birth, display the Mongoloid spot — a blue spot above the rump, which fades within a short time; many also have the Mongoloid, or epicanthic, fold of the inner part of the upper eyelid.",
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          "text": "On the average, he found caucasoids to have the longest heads and mongoloids the roundest; mongoloids the straightest hair and negroids the most tightly curled; caucasoids the narrowest noses and negroids the broadest.",
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          "ref": "1997, Masatoshi Nei, Arun K. Roychoudhury, Genetic Relationship and Evolution of Human Races, page 38:",
          "text": "As before, the genetic distance between Caucasoid and Mongoloid is the smallest and that between Negroid and Mongoloid is the largest.",
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        "(anthropology, dated) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia (and sometimes eastern Fennoscandia) – as well as their descendants in other parts of the world."
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          "text": "Kirman (1953) drew attention to some physicians' reluctance to offer even ordinary and routine medical care to mongoloids, whose treatment they consider a waste of time.",
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          "text": "It is therefore of interest to examine hospital records of mongoloid children with heart defects in order to find out how frequently operations are performed upon these children.",
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          "text": "The operation made each feature, itself, look O.K., but her overall looks are still those of a Mongoloid. Her facial expression immediately reveals that she is different. She still has that peculiar look. You can see she has Down's syndrome.",
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      "word": "蒙古人种"
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      "word": "몽골 인종"
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      "word": "มองโกลอยด์"
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      "word": "đại chủng Á"
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