Negroid
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- noun
- /ˈniːɡrɔɪd/
- Slur
- Most Blacks in the U.S. have white ancestry back to slavery; therefore, we are all mixed with other races besides Caucasian and Negroid.
- Negroid features
- Negroid and Caucasoid
- Negroid and Mongoloid
Examples
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For much of the twentieth century, schools taught that there were three races: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid.
Academic text (1995) -
At about the same time, Negroid Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa began to move outward from an equatorial homeland to occupy most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Academic text (2000) -
Bruce pointed out that "Negroid," the term coined by Johann Blumenbach, implied, as did "Afro-American," an admixture.
Academic text (1994) -
In the past, many textbooks categorized people into three races: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid.
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The term Negroid was once commonly used in anthropological studies, but it is now considered outdated and offensive.
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During the 20th century, scientists often used Negroid as a descriptor in discussions about human classifications.
Synonyms
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A person with dark skin, often of African ancestry
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A person with dark skin whose family comes from Africa
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Negroid comes from negro, a word that means 'black', plus the ending -oid, which means 'like' and appears in common words such as humanoid. It was used to group people by skin color, but that idea is now wrong and the word is offensive, so it is no longer used.