Miscegenation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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.
noun
  1. interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved
Miscegenation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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