Caucasoid

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of this racial classification. dated, offensive
Adjective
  1. 1
    Being a member of a human racial classification composed of several peoples inhabiting Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and parts of East Africa, South Asia and Central Asia – as well as their descendants in other world regions. dated

    "It's also nice to see some non-white skin in these pages since almost all of the skin aimed at the "gay market" is distinctly Caucasoid."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to Caucasian people wordnet

Synonyms

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caucasianeuropideuropideuropoidwhite

Example

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"People have variety. My preferred model of anthropology has four subspecies of the human species: Mongoloid (variants Sundadont, Sinodont, and Super-Sinodont), Caucasoid (variants Nordic and Mediterranean), Negroid (variants Congoid and Capoid), and Australoid (variants Veddoid, Negrito, Papuan, Melanesian, Aborigine)."

Etymology

From Caucasian + -oid.

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