Mongoloid

[ mong-guh-loid, mon- ]

adjective

1. resembling the Mongols.
2. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) of, relating to, or characteristic of one of the traditional racial divisions of humankind, marked by prominent cheekbones, epicanthic folds about the eyes, and straight black hair, and including the Mongols, Manchus, Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Annamese, Siamese, Burmese, Tibetans, and, to some extent, the Inuits and the American Indians.
3. Pathology. Often mongoloid. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) of, affected with, or characteristic of Down syndrome.

noun

1. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) a member of the peoples traditionally classified as the Mongoloid race.
2. Pathology. Usually mongoloid. (no longer in technical use; now considered offensive) a person affected with Down syndrome.

Mongoloid

¹

/ ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd /

adjective

1. denoting, relating to, or belonging to one of the supposed racial groups of mankind, including most of the peoples of Asia, the Inuit, and the North American Indians

noun

1. a member of this group

mongoloid

²

/ ˈmɒŋɡəˌlɔɪd /

adjective

1. relating to or characterized by Down's syndrome

noun

1. a person affected by Down's syndrome

Usage

See Australoid

Word History and Origins

Origin of Mongoloid¹

First recorded in 1865–70; Mongol + -oid

Example Sentences

As for the blind, deaf and dumb, the cripples, morons, Mongoloids, and the mad, they were best locked away, lobotomized and even killed to remove them from the gene pool.

From Scientific American

While a coarse racial classification of world peoples lumps all Chinese people as so-called Mongoloids, that category conceals much more variation than the differences between Swedes, Italians, and Irish within Europe.

From Literature

Within living memory, Down syndrome people were called Mongoloids.

From Washington Post

Later came Mongoloids, probably by way of the Behring Strait, who appear largely to have exterminated their European predecessors, and to have been the ancestors of the modern Indians.

From Project Gutenberg

These groups merge into the Mongoloids of eastern Asia.

From Project Gutenberg