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MONGOLOID

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("mongoloid" is a kind of...):

changeling; cretin; half-wit; idiot; imbecile; moron; retard (a person of subnormal intelligence)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the Mongoloid family

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mongoloid" is a kind of...):

Asian; Asiatic (a native or inhabitant of Asia)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain usage:

depreciation; derogation; disparagement (a communication that belittles somebody or something)

Pertainym:

mongolism (a congenital disorder caused by having an extra 21st chromosome; results in a flat face and short stature and mental retardation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

anthropology (the social science that studies the origins and social relationships of human beings)

Pertainym:

Mongolia (a vast region in Asia including the Mongolian People's Republic and China's Inner Mongolia)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Characteristic of or resembling a Mongol

Example:

the mongoloid epicanthic fold

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Mongol (a member of the nomadic peoples of Mongolia)

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