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miscegenation

[ mi-sej-uh-ney-shuhn, mis-i-juh- ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. sexual relations between two people from different racial backgrounds resulting in the conception of a mixed-race child.


miscegenation

/ ˌmɪsɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən; ˌmɪsɪdʒɪˈnɛtɪk /

noun

  1. interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • miscegenetic, adjective
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ···Ա· [mis-i-j, uh, -, net, -ik, mi-sej-, uh, -], adjective
  • t·c··ԲtDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of miscegenation1

Irregular formation from Latin ŧ() “to mix” + Latin gen(us) “race, stock, species” + English -ation noun suffix; allegedly coined by U.S. journalist David Goodman Croly (1829–89) in a pamphlet published anonymously in 1864; -ation
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of miscegenation1

C19: from Latin ŧ to mingle + genus race
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On top of that, Hollywood’s Hays Code prohibited miscegenation — no interracial romance whatsoever.

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Indeed, by the 1930s, Hollywood’s Hays Code included among its don’ts miscegenation.

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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.

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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.

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After all, through most of American history, miscegenation was illegal in many places and frowned upon in most.

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