Meaning of MISCEGENATION
| Pronunciation: | | `misiju'neyshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) |
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| | Synonyms: | | crossbreeding, interbreeding |
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| | See Also: | | breeding, facts of life, procreation, reproduction | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mis`ce*ge*na"tion\, n. [L. miscere to mix + the
root of genus race.]
A mixing of races; amalgamation, as by intermarriage of black
and white.
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| | Related Terms: | | a world-without-end bargain, alliance, bed, bond of matrimony, bridebed, cohabitation, conjugal bond, conjugal knot, coverture, crossbreeding, crossing, holy matrimony, holy wedlock, husbandhood, hybridism, hybridization, ill-assorted marriage, interbreeding, intermarriage, interracial marriage, marriage, marriage bed, marriage sacrament, match, matrimonial union, matrimony, mesalliance, misalliance, mixed marriage, mongrelism, nuptial bond, sacrament of matrimony, spousehood, union, wedded bliss, wedded state, weddedness, wedding knot, wedlock, wifehood |
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