mongoloid

plural mongoloids · alternative especially Mongoloid · alternative especially Mongolioid · alternative syncope gloid

1. datedoffensiveanthropologyA 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.

   As before, the genetic distance between Caucasoid and Mongoloid is the smallest and that between Negroid and Mongoloid is the largest.

   1997, Masatoshi Nei, Arun K. Roychoudhury, Genetic Relationship and Evolution of Human Races, page 38

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   Both American Indians and Mongoloids have shovel-shaped incisor teeth and, at birth, display the Mongoloid spot — a blue spot above the rump, which fades within a short time; many also have the Mongoloid, or epicanthic, fold of the inner part of the upper eyelid.

   1983, Bertha Pauline Dutton, American Indians of the Southwest, page 3

   On the average, he found caucasoids to have the longest heads and mongoloids the roundest; mongoloids the straightest hair and negroids the most tightly curled; caucasoids the narrowest noses and negroids the broadest.

   1991, Floyd James Davis, Who is Black?: One Nation's Definition, page 19

2. offensiveA person with Down syndrome.

   Kirman (1953) drew attention to some physicians' reluctance to offer even ordinary and routine medical care to mongoloids, whose treatment they consider a waste of time.

   1967, W. Wolfensberger, “13: Counseling Parents of the Retarded”, in Alfred A. Baumeister, editor, Ameliorating Mental Disability: Questioning Retardation, published 2009, page 376

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   It is therefore of interest to examine hospital records of mongoloid children with heart defects in order to find out how frequently operations are performed upon these children.

   1977, Diana Crane, The Sanctity of Social Life: Physicians' Treatment of Critically Ill Patients, page 97

   The operation made each feature, itself, look O.K., but her overall looks are still those of a Mongoloid. Her facial expression immediately reveals that she is different. She still has that peculiar look. You can see she has Down's syndrome.

   1994, Meira Weiss, Conditional Love: Parents' Attitudes Toward Handicapped Children, page 102

3. broadlyderogatoryoffensiveslangAn idiot, a retard; a general term of abuse.

   EDIT: Added commas because I'm a formatting mongoloid

   2024 May 24, Finna22 [username], “What titles did you grab from the Vinegar Syndrome halfway sale?”, in Reddit: r/boutiquebluray (reply), archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026

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   Easily one of the worst television pilots I've ever seen. Written by idiots, acted by mongoloids, and a plot so stupid even that dumb bitch who wrote the Twilight novels could have come up with something better.

   2015 November 2, “[S01E01 - Pilot] Post-Episode Discussion Thread”, in Reddit: r/supergirlTV (reply), archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026

   ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I'm only toxic to others if that's how they act to me, the mongoloid above was acting like a toxic ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ so i^([sic]) replied in turn,^([sic]) Pretty similar to how im^([sic]) replying to you.

   2018 June 23, Scary Face [username], “Why does this game run so poorly?”, in Steam Community (reply), archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026

   Good luck with the absolute white trash mongoloid freaks who do the voting. Missouri's greatest export is drool from mouth breathing fucktards.

   2026 January 19, roachiemas [username], Threads, archived from the original on 26 Jan 2026

comparative more mongoloid · superlative most mongoloid · alternative especially Mongoloid · alternative especially Mongolioid · alternative syncope gloid

1. datedoffensiveanthropologyBeing a member or pertaining to characteristics of this racial classification.

plural Mongoloids

1. Alternative letter-case form of mongoloid.