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M0330400 (mĭ-sĕj′ə-nā′shən, mĭs′ĭ-jə-)n. Cohabitation, sexual relations, marriage, or interbreeding involving persons of different races, especially in historical contexts as a transgression of the law.

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

mis·ceg′e·na′tion·al adj.

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(ˌmɪsɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən) n (Genetics) interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved[C19: from Latin miscēre to mingle + genus race] miscegenetic adj

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(mɪˌsɛdʒ əˈneɪ ʃən, ˌmɪs ɪ dʒə-)

n. 1. marriage or cohabitation between a man and woman of different races, esp. between a black and a white person. 2. interbreeding between members of different races. [1864, Amer.; < Latin miscē(re) to mix + gen(us) race, stock, species + -ation] mis`ce•ge•net′ic (-ˈnɛt ɪk) adj.

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

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

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miscegenation

interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved

Miscegenation

the mixing of human races. The offspring of these mixed marriages are called half-breeds.

Racial mixing has always taken place in regions where various racial groups have been in contact with one another. The scale of such crossing grew considerably after the great geographical discoveries of the 15th to 17th centuries and the subsequent colonial expansion and slave trading. It is a natural phenomenon in human history and proves the untenability of the reactionary theory of polygenism (the theory of the origin of the principal races of mankind from different ancestors, thereby ascribing Caucasoids, Mongoloids, and Negroids to separate species). The same capacity of half-breeds for reproduction as is found in intraracial unions—not the case between different species—is the most convincing proof of the species unity of mankind and the close kinship of all human races.

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[mi‚sej·ə′nā·shən] (anthropology) Intermarriage between different races.

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(mis'e-jĕ-nā'shŭn), Marriage or interbreeding of individuals of different races. [L. misceo, to mix, + genus, descent, race]

miscegenation

Interbreeding between people of different racial backgrounds.

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(mĭs″ĕ-jē-nā′shŭn) [L. miscere, to mix, + genus, race] Sexual relations or marriage between those of different races.

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Related to Miscegenation: social Darwinism

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Mixture of races. A term formerly applied to marriage between persons of different races. Statutes prohibiting marriage between persons of different races have been held to be invalid as contrary to the equal protection clause of the Constitution.

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noun reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

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