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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

/ 藢m瑟s瑟d蕭瑟藞ne瑟蕛蓹n; 藢m瑟s瑟d蕭瑟藞n蓻t瑟k /

noun

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

  • miscegenetic, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 尘颈蝉路肠别路驳别路苍别迟路颈肠 [mis-i-j, uh, -, net, -ik, mi-sej-, uh, -], adjective
  • 补苍顎卼颈路尘颈蝉顎卌别路驳别路苍补顎僼颈辞苍 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of miscegenation1

Irregular formation from Latin 尘颈蝉肠脓(谤别) 鈥渢o mix鈥 + Latin gen(us) 鈥渞ace, stock, species鈥 + English -ation noun suffix; allegedly coined by U.S. journalist David Goodman Croly (1829鈥89) in a pamphlet published anonymously in 1864; -ation
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of miscegenation1

C19: from Latin 尘颈蝉肠脓谤别 to mingle + genus race
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On top of that, Hollywood鈥檚 Hays Code prohibited miscegenation 鈥 no interracial romance whatsoever.

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Indeed, by the 1930s, Hollywood鈥檚 Hays Code included among its don鈥檛s 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鈥檚 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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