mongoloid

Noun

 * 1)  A member of the racial classification of humanity composed of peoples native to North Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Pacific Oceania, and the Americas, as well as their diaspora in other parts of the world.
 * 2)  A person with Down syndrome.
 * 3)  Idiot, retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.
 * 1)  A person with Down syndrome.
 * 2)  Idiot, retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.
 * 1)  Idiot, retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.
 * 1)  Idiot, retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.
 * 1)  Idiot, retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.
 * 1)  Idiot, retard; a general term of abuse, due to association with Down syndrome.

Usage notes
Due to associations with old racial (and racist) theories (as with, ), and associations with Down syndrome, the term is highly offensive.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Hindi:
 * Japanese: モンゴロイド,, 蒙古人種
 * Kazakh: моңғолоид
 * Korean: 몽골 인종
 * Macedonian: монголои́д
 * Portuguese: mongoloide
 * Russian:
 * Tagalog: malamunggol
 * Thai: มองโกลอยด์

Adjective

 * 1)  affected by the Down syndrome; mongoloid

Usage notes

 * The German adjective is not usually considered offensive, or at most very slightly so. Nevertheless, constructions with are now more common.

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)   (having Down syndrome)
 * 2)  idiotic, retarded
 * 1)  idiotic, retarded

Usage notes
The singular indefinite neuter is avoided according to the references, but is what would intuitively be expected (and is attested).

Noun

 * 1)  a
 * 2)  a  (person with Down syndrome)
 * 3)  an idiot, a retard