What does "australoid" mean?

A historical grouping and racial classification which mainly includes aboriginal Australians but also Andamans, Melanesians, Micronesians, Negritos, New Guineans, and Veddas as well as sometimes Dravidians.

Australoid

Q: What is a synonym for "australoid"?

Common synonyms include: australoid individual, australoid person, ethnoracial, historical race, phenotypic, racialistic.

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A historical grouping and racial classification which mainly includes aboriginal Australians but also Andamans, Melanesians, Micronesians, Negritos, New Guineans, and Veddas as well as sometimes Dravidians. historical

Synonyms

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australoid individual australoid person ethnoracial historical race phenotypic racialistic

Antonyms

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Caucasoid Mongoloid multiracial non Australoid

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"Do you confuse the word "Austronesian" with "Australoid"?"

Etymology

By surface analysis, Austral- + -oid.

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