miscegenation
noun
mis·ce·ge·na·tion
(ˌ)mi-ˌse-jə-ˈnā-shən 
ˌmi-si-jə-ˈnā-
: a mixture of races
especially
: marriage, cohabitation, or sexual intercourse between a white person and a member of another race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
Note: The word miscegenation is associated especially with historical laws against interracial marriage. In the United States, such laws were declared unconstitutional in 1967.
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Their mutual groping, filmed in blue light, could be the most frank miscegenation ever put on film.
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Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
In practice, this amounted to a bizarre, Stasi-like effort to micromanage the dating scene in a town of 100,000—and to stamp out religious miscegenation at first flush.
—Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
In 1924, he was tapped for the lead in Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings, a controversial play about miscegenation.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Indeed, by the 1930s, Hollywood’s Hays Code included among its don’ts miscegenation.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
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Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
In practice, this amounted to a bizarre, Stasi-like effort to micromanage the dating scene in a town of 100,000—and to stamp out religious miscegenation at first flush.
—Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
In 1924, he was tapped for the lead in Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings, a controversial play about miscegenation.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Indeed, by the 1930s, Hollywood’s Hays Code included among its don’ts miscegenation.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Miscegenation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/miscegenation. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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miscegenation
noun
mis·ce·ge·na·tion
(ˌ)mis-ˌej-ə-ˈnā-shən
ˌmis-i-jə-ˈnā-
: a mixture of races
especially
: marriage, cohabitation, or sexual intercourse between a white person and a member of another race
—used especially in now repealed laws of the past
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