Caucasoid

American  

[kaw-kuh-soid] / ˈkɔ kəˌsɔɪd /

adjective

1. Anthropology. (no longer in technical use) Caucasian.

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Caucasoid British  

/ ˈkɔːkəˌzɔɪd /

adjective

1. denoting, relating to, or belonging to the lighter-complexioned supposed racial group of mankind, which includes the peoples indigenous to Europe, N Africa, SW Asia, and the Indian subcontinent and their descendants in other parts of the world

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noun

1. a member of this racial group

Usage

The word Caucasoid and other words ending in -oid and relating to racial group are controversial scientifically and best avoided

Other Word Forms

• non-Caucasoid
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of Caucasoid

First recorded in 1900–05; Caucas(ian) ( def. ) + -oid

Example Sentences

Notably, the term Caucasian comes from the word Caucasoid, which was a classification in one of the original systems of racial “science” of the late 18th century.

From Slate • Aug. 14, 2018

What’s new today is that modern genetic science has revealed just how arbitrary the old race categories — Negroid, Caucasoid, Mongoloid and so on — really are.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2017

The bones were obviously old, and when the coroner asked for an opinion, Chatters' off-the-cuff guess, based on the skull's superficially Caucasoid features, was that they probably belonged to a settler from the late 1800s.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thanks to Chatters' mention of Caucasoid features back in 1996, the myth that Kennewick Man might have been European never quite died out.

From Time Magazine Archive

The girl in green seemed mildly PanAsian, the man in yellow had Afric leanings, the one in fiery orange was as Caucasoid as could be, and he himself leaned slightly toward the Spanic.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman