noun
mongoloid
MONG-guh-loyd
noun
1
An outdated anthropological term for a now-discredited racial classification once used to group East Asian, Southeast Asian, and related peoples.
"The term "mongoloid" appears in old anthropology textbooks but has fallen out of scientific use."
How to Use Mongoloid
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA now-obsolete racial classification term.
When to use it
Considered outdated and offensive today, both as a racial term and as a former (also offensive) label for Down syndrome; avoid using it in any modern context.
Word Forms
more mongoloid comparative, mongoloids plural, most mongoloid superlative
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Etymology
Formed from "Mongol" plus the suffix "-oid," meaning "resembling."