mongoloide — meaning in English

English meaning

• Mongol noun A member of the Mongolic ethnic group native to Mongolia.
• mongoloid noun An outdated anthropological term for a now-discredited racial classification once used to group East Asian, Southeast Asian, and related peoples.

Senses

mongoloide is used for these senses in English:

• Mongol (dated, now, derogatory, offensive) A person with Down's syndrome.
• mongoloid (anthropology, dated) A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, the Americas, and parts of Central Asia and South Asia (and sometimes eastern Fennoscandia) – as well as their descendants in other parts of the world.