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Melanochroi
‖ Melanochroi, n. pl. Anthropology. (mɛləˈnɒkrəʊaɪ) [mod.L.; formed by Huxley, who seems to have meant it as a transliteration of an assumed Gr. µελάνωχροι, f. µελαν-, µέλας black + ὠχρός pale. (On this view the correct mod.L. form would have been *melanōchrī; the irregularity occurs also in the oth...
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Xanthomelanoi
‖ Xanthomelanoi, n. pl. Anthropology. (zænθəʊˈmɛlənɔɪ) [mod.L. (Huxley), transliteration (instead of the regular L. form *xanthomelanī) of an assumed Gr. *ξανθοµέλανοι, f. ξανθός yellow + µέλας, µελαν- black: cf. Melanoi and Xanthochroi. (On the analogy of the other terms, the word should have been ...
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Australo-Melanesian
Huxley further classified the Melanochroi (Peoples of the Mediterranean race) as a mixture of the Xanthochroi (northern Europeans) and Australioids.
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Melanoi
‖ Melanoi, n. pl. Anthropology. [Intended as mod.L.; formed irregularly by transliteration of Gr. µελανοί, pl. of µελανός, var. of µέλας black.] Huxley's name for the black-haired and dark-complexioned division of his class Leiotrichi or smooth-haired peoples.1866 [see Melanochroi].
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Mediterranean race
According to Huxley,
By the late 19th century, Huxley's Xanthochroi group had been redefined as the "Nordic" race, whereas his Melanochroi became the As such, Huxley's Melanochroi eventually also comprised various other dark Caucasoid populations, including the Hamites (e.g.
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Xanthochroi
‖ Xanthochroi, n. pl. Anthropology. (zænˈθɒkrəʊaɪ, -ˈθəʊkrɔɪ) [mod.L. (Huxley), app. meant as a transliteration of an assumed Gr. *ξάνθωχροι, f. ξανθός yellow + ὠχρός pale (the regular L. form of which would be *xanthōchrī); by later writers and in Dicts. taken as xanthŏchroī (sing. -chrous), ad. Gr...
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Nordicism
Huxley agreed with him, coining the term Xanthochroi to refer to fair-skinned Europeans, as opposed to darker Mediterranean people, whom Huxley called Melanochroi It was Huxley who also concluded that the Melanochroi, who he described as "dark whites", are of a mixture of the Xanthochroi and Australioids.
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Caucasian race
Thomas Henry Huxley in 1870 wrote that the "absurd denomination of 'Caucasian was in fact a conflation of his Xanthochroi (Nordic) and Melanochroi (Mediterranean
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Semitic
Semitic, a. and n. (sɪˈmɪtɪk) Also 9 Semmetic. [ad. mod.L. Sēmīticus, f. Sēmīta Semite. Cf. F. sémitique, Sp., Pg., It. semitico, G. semitisch. Cf. Shemitic.] A. adj. Of or pertaining to the Semites. (In recent use often spec. = Jewish.)1826 Pritchard Res. Phys. Hist. Mankind II. 210 The Semitic nat...
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Racism in Europe
The English considered themselves to be a distinct race from the Irish, who were classified as 'Melanochroi', or 'half black' by Thomas Huxley.
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نوردية
الشقر (باللاتينية: Xanthochroi) للإشارة إلى الأوروبيين ذوي البشرة الفاتحة، على عكس شعوب المتوسط الأدكن لونًا، والذين أسماهم هكسلي ميلانوكروي (باللاتينية: Melanochroi
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Historical race concepts
By the late nineteenth century, Huxley's Xanthochroi group had been redefined as the Nordic race, whereas his Melanochroi became the Mediterranean race His Melanochroi thus eventually also comprised various other dark Caucasoid populations, including the Hamites (e.g.
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White people
Some authorities, following Huxley (1870), distinguished the Xanthochroi or "light Whites" of Northern Europe with the Melanochroi or "dark Whites" of
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