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miscegenation

mis·ceg·e·na·tion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [mi-sej-uh-ney-shuh n, mis-i-juh-]
    • /mɪˌsɛdʒ əˈneɪ ʃən, ˌmɪs ɪ dʒə-/
    • /ˌmɪs.ɪ.dʒɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [mi-sej-uh-ney-shuh n, mis-i-juh-]
    • /mɪˌsɛdʒ əˈneɪ ʃən, ˌmɪs ɪ dʒə-/

Definitions of miscegenation word

  • noun miscegenation 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. 1
  • noun miscegenation sexual relations between two people from different racial backgrounds that results in the conception of a mixed-race child. 1
  • noun miscegenation The interbreeding of people considered to be of different racial types. 1
  • noun miscegenation interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved 0
  • noun miscegenation marriage or sexual relations between a man and woman of different races, esp., in the U.S., between a white and a black 0
See all 5 definitions of miscegenation

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Parts of speech for Miscegenation

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Miscegenation

miscegenation popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for miscegenation

noun miscegenation

  • combination — A combination of things is a mixture of them.
  • bastard — Bastard is an insulting word which some people use about a person, especially a man, who has behaved very badly.
  • cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
  • compound — A compound is an enclosed area of land that is used for a particular purpose.
  • half-breed — a contemptuous term used to refer to the offspring of parents of different racial origin, especially the offspring of an American Indian and a white person of European descent.
All 16 Synonyms of miscegenation

Antonyms for miscegenation

noun miscegenation

  • separation — an act or instance of separating or the state of being separated.
  • division — the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
  • homogeneous — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
  • pedigreed — having established purebred ancestry: a pedigreed collie.
  • pure — free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.
All 8 Antonyms of miscegenation

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