caucasoid
/ˈkɔkəˌsɔɪd/
adjective
- Relating to a racial classification historically used for people of European, North African, and West Asian ancestry; now considered outdated and scientifically inaccurate.
- The term 'Caucasoid' was once used in anthropology to describe people with light skin and certain facial features.
- Old textbooks sometimes divided humans into Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid groups.
- Many scientists now reject the Caucasoid racial category as a social construct rather than a biological reality.
noun
- A person belonging to the outdated racial category of Caucasoid.
- The term 'Caucasoid' is rarely used today outside of historical discussions.
- In the early 1900s, census forms sometimes listed a person as a Caucasoid.
- The museum display showed skulls labeled 'Caucasoid' from 19th-century collections.