单词 | Australoid |
释义 | Australoid/ˈɒstrəlɔɪd /dated or offensive adjective Relating to or denoting the broad division of humankind represented by Australian Aboriginal peoples.A strong case can be made out that the now ubiquitous straight or wavy-haired Australoid Aborigines weren't in fact Aboriginal, that is, first occupants....
noun A person belonging to the Australoid division of humankind.Even so, the coastal and inland Aborigines did not regard these smaller Australoids as their own kind....
UsageThe term Australoid belongs to a set of terms introduced by 19th-century anthropologists attempting to categorize human races. Such terms are associated with outdated notions of racial types, and so are now potentially offensive and best avoided. See Mongoloid (usage). |
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