The claim that the Oxford Dictionary on page 789 defines "Indian" as "old- fashioned people, criminals, and stupid people" is false. In fact, the word "India" does not appear on page 789 in the 1934 edition of the Oxford Dictionary. Instead, "India" is defined on page 580 as a country in South Asia, east of the Indus River and south of the Himalayas, with its name derived from the ancient river Indus (Sindhu) in Sanskrit
. Regarding the term "Indian," the Oxford Dictionary defines it primarily as:
- A person from India or whose family comes from India.
- (Old-fashioned, sometimes offensive) a member of the indigenous peoples of America, especially North America, with "Native American" as a synonym.
- In Canadian English, a Native Canadian who is not Inuit or Metis
Thus, the Oxford Dictionary does not contain any derogatory meaning such as "criminal" or "stupid" associated with the term "Indian" on page 789 or elsewhere. The misinformation appears to be a social media myth debunked by fact-checking sources