mongoloid
pronunciation
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- Adjective:
- characteristic of or resembling a Mongol
- of or relating to or suffering from Down Syndrome
Word Origin
- mongoloid
- in reference to the genetic defect causing mental retardation (mongolism), 1899, from Mongoloid. So called for facial appearance. See Down's Syndrome. Such people were called Mongolian from 1866.
- Mongoloid
- 1868 as a racial designation, from Mongol + -oid.
Example
- 1. Of or relating to the mongoloid racial division .
- 2. Her skull shows combined caucasoid and mongoloid features .
- 3. I didn 't call you a mongoloid .
- 4. Indian mongoloid girls are very beautiful .
- 5. So the ancestors of mongoloid japanese , but also from that come from ?