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.
Resembling an eagle
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- prominentEasily noticed or distinguished
- curvedSmoothly bent, not angular
- RomanOf ancient Italy's capital
bridge · septum · convex · arched · hawkish · profile · cartilage · nostril
Bigotry toward Jewish people
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
offensive · exaggeration · propaganda · distortion · misrepresentation · stigma · slur · derogatory
aquiline
Resembling an eagle
Roman · bridge · septum · convex · arched · hawkish · profile · cartilage · nostril · nasal
antisemitism
Bigotry toward Jewish people
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- bigotryIntolerance toward differing views
discrimination · offensive · exaggeration · propaganda · distortion · misrepresentation · stigma · slur · derogatory · ethnic