[單字] Eskimo
Usage of Eskimo and Inuit
The offensiveness of the term Eskimo stems partly from a now-discredited
belief that it was originally a pejorative term meaning "eater of raw flesh,"
but perhaps more significantly from its being a word imposed on aboriginal
peoples by outsiders. It has long been considered a word to be avoided in
Canada, where native people refer to themselves as Inuit, a word that means
"people" in their language. But not all the native people who are referred to
as Eskimos are Inuit. Eskimo has no exact synonym; it has a general meaning
that encompasses a number of Indigenous peoples, and it continues for now in
widespread use in many parts of the English-speaking world.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Inuit
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