Mongoloid

//ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd// adj, noun, slang

adj, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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. dated

    "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."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of mongoloid. alt-of
  3. 3
    a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive) wordnet
  4. 4
    A person with Down syndrome. offensive

    "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."

  5. 5
    a member of the Mongoloid family wordnet
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  1. 6
    An idiot, a retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome. broadly, derogatory, offensive, slang

    "Easily one of the worst television pilots I've ever seen. Written by idiots, acted by mongoloids, and a plot so stupid even that dumb bitch who wrote the Twilight novels could have come up with something better."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Being a member or pertaining to characteristics of this racial classification. dated, offensive
Adjective
  1. 1
    (offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome wordnet
  2. 2
    of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia wordnet
  3. 3
    characteristic of or resembling a Mongol wordnet

Synonyms

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airheadarrestedbabblingbackwardblitheringbonehead

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 Mongol + -oid.

Related phrases

Proto-Mongoloiddown syndrome

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