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miscegenation
[ mi-sej-uh-ney-shuhn, mis-i-juh- ]
noun
- marriage or cohabitation between two people from different racial groups, especially, in the U.S., between a Black person and a white person:
In 1967 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- sexual relations between two people from different racial backgrounds resulting in the conception of a mixed-race child.
miscegenation
/ ˌmɪsɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən; ˌmɪsɪdʒɪˈnɛtɪk /
noun
- interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved
Derived Forms
- miscegenetic, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ···Ա· [mis-i-j, uh, -, net, -ik, mi-sej-, uh, -], adjective
- t·c··ԲtDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of miscegenation1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of miscegenation1
Example Sentences
On top of that, Hollywood’s Hays Code prohibited miscegenation — no interracial romance whatsoever.
Indeed, by the 1930s, Hollywood’s Hays Code included among its don’ts miscegenation.
Raving about the horrors of miscegenation only confirms the Harris campaign's characterization of Trump as "old and quite weird," so it's no surprise that other Republicans are scurrying away from his remarks.
But Awoye Timpo’s impassioned production was also about the miscegenation of America itself, a marriage still far from happy more than 100 years later.
After all, through most of American history, miscegenation was illegal in many places and frowned upon in most.
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