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say it: MAHNG-guh-loyd
mongoloid is an adjective and noun meaning "characteristic of or resembling a Mongol". It is pronounced /ˈmɑŋɡəˌlɔɪd/ — MAHNG-guh-loyd. It carries 5 recorded senses.
characteristic of or resembling a Mongol
“the mongoloid epicanthic fold”
of or pertaining to or characteristic of one of the traditional racial division of humankind including especially peoples of central and eastern Asia
anthropology
(offensive) of or relating to or suffering from Down syndrome
disparagement
a member of the Mongoloid family
a person suffering from Down syndrome (no longer used technically in this sense, now considered offensive)
disparagement
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mongoloid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.