Negroid (redirected from Congoid)

Ne·groid  (ngroid) Anthropology

adj.

Of or being a major human racial classification traditionally distinguished by physical characteristics such as brown to black pigmentation and often tightly curled hair and including peoples indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa. See Usage Note at race¹.

n.

A member of this racial classification.

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[Negr(o) + -oid.]

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Negroid [ˈniːgrɔɪd]

adj

(Social Science / Peoples) denoting, relating to, or belonging to one of the major racial groups of mankind, characterized by brown-black skin, tightly-curled hair, a short nose, and full lips. This group includes the indigenous peoples of Africa south of the Sahara, their descendants elsewhere, and some Melanesian peoples

n

(Social Science / Peoples) a member of this racial group

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Negroid - a person with dark skin who comes from Africa (or whose ancestors came from Africa) Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Black individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person Negress - a Black woman or girl Black race, Negro race, Negroid race - a dark-skinned race Black man - a man who is Black Black woman - a woman who is Black colored, colored person - a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive darkey, darkie, darky - (ethnic slur) offensive term for Black people jigaboo, nigga, nigger, nigra, coon, spade - (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" Tom, Uncle Tom - (ethnic slur) offensive and derogatory name for a Black man who is abjectly servile and deferential to Whites picaninny, piccaninny, pickaninny - (ethnic slur) offensive term for a Black child archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression
Adj.	1.	negroid - characteristic of people traditionally classified as the Negro race; "negroid features" black - of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.

Translations

negroid [ˈniːgrɔɪd] ADJ → negroide

Negroid

adj → negroid

negroid [ˈniːgrɔɪd] adj → negroide