miscegenation

mis·ceg·e·na·tion  (m-sj-nshn, ms-j-)

n.

1. The interbreeding of different races or of persons of different racial backgrounds.

2. Cohabitation, sexual relations, or marriage involving persons of different races.

3. A mixture or hybridization: "There was musical miscegenation at a time when segregation was the common rule" Don McLeese.

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[Latin miscre, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots + genus, race; see gen- in Indo-European roots + -ation.]

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mis·cege·nation·al adj.

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miscegenation [miss-ij-in-nay-shun]

Noun

interbreeding of races, esp. where differences of colour are involved [Latin miscere to mingle + genus race]

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miscegenation

1. the interbreeding of members of different races.
2. cohabitation or marriage between a man and woman of different races, especially, in the U.S., between a Negro and a white person.
3. the mixing or mixture of races by interbreeding.

See also: Race

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

miscegenation - reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) crossbreeding, interbreeding facts of life, procreation, reproduction, breeding - the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring