Sekirov Dictionary

mongoloid

UK /ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd/US /ˈmɑŋɡəˌlɔɪd/

noun 3
adjective 1
forms 4

noun3

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(old-fashioned) 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.
- As before, the genetic distance between Caucasoid and Mongoloid is the smallest and that between Negroid and Mongoloid is the largest. — 1997
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(offensive) A person with Down syndrome.
- 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. — 1967
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(slang, offensive) An idiot, a retard; a general term of abuse.
- EDIT: Added commas because I'm a formatting mongoloid — 2024

adjective1

(offensive, old-fashioned) Being a member or pertaining to characteristics of this racial classification.

forms

Mongoloids · mongoloids · more mongoloid · most mongoloid

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