Mongoloid

Quick meaning: Mongoloid is a noun meaning (now offensive) A person with Down syndrome.

Meaning

(now offensive) A person with Down syndrome.

More Meanings

1. (by extension, slang, derogatory, offensive) An idiot, a retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.
2. (anthropology, dated, offensive) Being a member or pertaining to characteristics of this racial classification.
3. (anthropology, dated) 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.

Example Sentences

As before, the genetic distance between Caucasoid and Mongoloid is the smallest and that between Negroid and Mongoloid is the largest.

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.

It is therefore of interest to examine hospital records of mongoloid children with heart defects in order to find out how frequently operations are performed upon these children.

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Word Forms

• mongoloids
• Mongolioid

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mongo, mongolian, mongol, oriental, caucasian, asian.

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