miscegenation

Noun

Meaning

A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black and white.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

interbreeding crossbreeding union marriage mule matrimony combination match cross crossing breeding blend junction hybridization amalgam
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Antonyms

fork separate division element conflict split
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Hypernyms

breeding reproduction procreation facts of life

Related terms

miscellaneous miscegenate

Examples

We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation. Lester B. Pearson

His nomination stirred up controversy about the mixing of whites and blacks in public life and fears of miscegenation (especially as he had married a much younger white woman after his first wife died). Source: Internet

"Liberalism promotes sexual perversion —especially homosexuality and miscegenation — which debases the White race. Source: Internet

In The Cultural Life of Modern America (1889), he expressed his fear of miscegenation: "The Negros are and will remain Negros, a nascent human form from the tropics, rudimentary organs on the body of white society. Source: Internet

Though Anna May Wong had been suggested for the role of O-Lan, the Hays Code anti- miscegenation rules required Paul Muni's character's wife to be played by a white actress. Source: Internet

It is obvious that some cultural metamorphism has taken place, partly due to the immense forces of Western schooling, religion, philosophy, dress, food, music, and partly to miscegenation, both biologically and culturally. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

misceability miscegen miscegenate miscegenational miscegenationist miscegenative