- 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.
- interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved
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