hooknoses

Curved nasal bridges

Hooknoses is a plural referring to people with prominent, curved noses—noses that arc downward like a hook.

The term is offensive, historically used as an antisemitic slur to caricature Jewish people, and carries similar derogatory weight when applied to other ethnic groups.

Avoid except when discussing the history of such stereotypes.

anatomy

aquiline

Resembling an eagle

  • beakHorny avian mouthpart
  • prominentEasily noticed or distinguished
  • curvedSmoothly bent, not angular

Roman · bridge · septum · convex · arched · hawkish · profile · cartilage · nostril · nasal

stereotype

antisemitism

Bigotry toward Jewish people

discrimination · offensive · exaggeration · propaganda · distortion · misrepresentation · stigma · slur · derogatory · ethnic

Opposites
nose shape

hooknosesbutton noses

Small, round nasal features

snub noses · pug noses

Family

hooknose, hooknosed

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13