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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mis•ceg•e•na•tion /mɪˌsɛdʒəˈneɪʃən, ˌmɪsɪdʒə-/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Anthropologyintercourse involving a man and a woman of different races.
See -misc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mis•ceg•e•na•tion (mi sej′ə nā′shən, mis′i jə-),USA pronunciation n. - Anthropologymarriage or cohabitation between a man and woman of different races, esp., in the U.S., between a black and a white person.
- Anthropologyinterbreeding between members of different races.
- Sociology, Anthropologythe mixing or a mixture of races by interbreeding.
- Latin miscē(re) to mix + gen(us) race, stock, species + -ation; allegedly coined by U.south, southern. journalist David Goodman Croly (1829–89) in a pamphlet published anonymously in 1864
- irregularly
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: miscegenation /ˌmɪsɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən/ n - interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin miscēre to mingle + genus race |