Definition
An outdated and offensive anthropological term once used to classify people from East Asia, Central Asia, and indigenous populations; now considered scientifically invalid and inappropriate.
Etymology
From 'Mongol' (ethnic/geographic term) + '-oid' (resembling). Coined in the 1700s by European scientists attempting racial classification, but modern genetics has completely disproven these categorizations.
Kelly Says
This word is a textbook example of how 'scientific racism' used fancy terminology to justify prejudice—scientists in the 1700s-1900s invented racial categories that seemed legitimate but were actually just Europeans trying to organize the world hierarchically with themselves at the top, and modern DNA science proved race itself isn't a valid biological category.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُنْغُولِيّ
mun-goo-li-yyah
BNবাংলা
মঙ্গোলীয়
mon-go-li-y
CACatalà
mongoloide
mon-go-loi-de
CSČeština
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
DADansk
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
DEDeutsch
Mongoloide
mon-go-loi-de
ELΕλληνικά
μονγολικός
mon-go-li-kos
ESEspañol
mongoloide
mon-go-loi-de
FISuomi
mongoloidi
mon-go-loi-di
FRFrançais
mongoloïde
mon-go-loi-d
GUGU
મોંગોલોઇડ
mo-ngol-oi-d
HAHA
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
HIहिन्दी
मंगोलोइड
man-go-loi-d
HUMagyar
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
IDBahasa Indonesia
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
IGIG
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
ITItaliano
mongoloide
mon-go-loi-de
JA日本語
モンゴロイド
mon-go-roi-do
MRMR
मंगोलॉइड
man-go-loi-d
MSBahasa Melayu
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
NLNederlands
mongoloïde
mon-go-loi-d
NONorsk
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
PLPolski
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
PTPortuguês
mongolóide
mon-go-loi-de
RORomână
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
RUРусский
монголоид
mon-go-loi-d
SVSvenska
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
SWKiswahili
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
TAதமிழ்
மங்கோலியன்
man-go-li-yan
TEతెలుగు
మంగోలియన్
man-go-li-yan
TLTL
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
TRTürkçe
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
UKУкраїнська
монголоїд
mon-go-loi-d
VITiếng Việt
người Mông Cổ
ngoo-ee mong-co
YOYO
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d
ZUZU
mongoloid
mon-go-loi-d