Negroid
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Negroid is an adjective meaning (anthropology, dated, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin.
Meaning
(anthropology, dated, offensive, ethnic slur) A person with characteristics of Africans, particularly coiled hair and dark skin.
More Meanings
- (anthropology, dated, offensive) Pertaining to a racial classification of humanity including people indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa and their diaspora in other parts of the world.
Example Sentences
"Round-headed," he muttered. "Brachycephalic, gray-eyed, black-haired, with suggestion of the negroid. Celtic, I presume?"
Word Forms
- negroids
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include african, africoonian, black, blackskinned, native, colored.
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