Associations to the word «Mongoloid»

Wiktionary

MONGOLOID, noun. (anthropology) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Pacific Oceania, and Greenland, as well as their diaspora in other parts of the world.
MONGOLOID, noun. (now offensive) A person with Down syndrome.
MONGOLOID, noun. (offensive) Idiot, retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.

Dictionary definition

MONGOLOID, noun. A member of the Mongoloid race.
MONGOLOID, noun. A person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense).
MONGOLOID, adjective. Characteristic of or resembling a Mongol; "the mongoloid epicanthic fold".
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. Of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome;.

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