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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 1968 the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws prohibiting miscegenation were unconstitutional.
- sexual relations between two people from different racial backgrounds that results in the conception of a mixed-race child.
noun
- interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved
“interbreeding of races,” 1864, coined irregularly in American English from Latin miscere “to mix” (see mix (v.)) + genus “race” (see genus).
n.
- Marriage or sexual relations between individuals of different races.