Associations to the word «Mongoloid»

Wiktionary

MONGOLOID, noun. (anthropology) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Pacific Oceania, and Greenland, as well as their diaspora in other parts of the world.
MONGOLOID, noun. (now offensive) A person with Down syndrome.
MONGOLOID, noun. (offensive) Idiot, retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.

Dictionary definition

MONGOLOID, noun. A member of the Mongoloid race.
MONGOLOID, noun. A person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense).
MONGOLOID, adjective. Characteristic of or resembling a Mongol; "the mongoloid epicanthic fold".
MONGOLOID, adjective. Of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia.
MONGOLOID, adjective. Of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome;.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca