I was browsing the r/IsaacArthur subreddit, and found this word salad. They get wall.

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    2 years ago

    Got some more info on that? The suffix certainly far predates modern (mid to late 1800s) eugenics. Did the Greeks use it to describe some ancient eugenics movement I’m not aware of? It’s root eidos is a common word—not to mention, newton discussed oblate spheroids in the 17th century.

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        Linguistically, calling someone a “westoid” would mean like a westerner, but not from the west.

        So, a comprador or other (neo)colonial bootlicker.

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        Good point. I was just curious if this was another instance of modern science borrowing from the eugenics movement. I don’t want people to think I was trying to defend the use of -oid or something.