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单词 mixed marriages
释义

mixed marriage

noun

plural mixed marriages
: a marriage between people of different races (see race entry 1 sense 1a) or religions

Example Sentences

a culture in which mixed marriage is rare
Recent Examples on the Web With so many men dead or enslaved, Native women married men outside their group—often African-Americans—and then redefined the families of mixed marriages as matrilineal in order to preserve collective claims to land. Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019 On the subject of mixed marriages like theirs, James Carville, one half of another famously bipartisan couple, liked to say that such unions are feasible, but perhaps not advisable. New York Times, 11 July 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1649, in the meaning defined above

mixed marriages

noun

plural of mixed marriage
as in miscegenations

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • miscegenations
  • wedlocks
  • matrimonies
  • remarriages
  • intermarriages
  • monogamies
  • conjugalities
  • marriages
  • bigamies
  • polygamies
  • civil unions
  • domestic partnerships
  • connubialities
  • polyandries
  • common-law marriages
  • polygynies
  • polyamories
  • cohabitations
  • relationships
  • matches
  • commitments
  • proposals
  • attachments
  • betrothals
  • espousals
  • promises
  • hands
  • engagements
  • pledges
  • troths

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • divorces
  • separations
  • annulments
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