miscegenation

noun

mis·ce·ge·na·tion (ˌ)mi-ˌse-jə-ˈnā-shən How to pronounce miscegenation (audio)

ˌmi-si-jə-ˈnā-

: a mixture of races

especially : marriage, cohabitation, or sexual intercourse between a white person and a member of another race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)

Note: The word miscegenation is associated especially with historical laws against interracial marriage. In the United States, such laws were declared unconstitutional in 1967.

miscegenational

(ˌ)mi-ˌse-jə-ˈnā-shnəl How to pronounce miscegenation (audio)

-shə-nᵊl

ˌmi-si-jə-ˈnā-

adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Blacula meets Shaft with some miscegenation anxiety thrown in for kicks.

Lea Anderson, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2022 Not only did most lawmakers support miscegenation laws in the late nineteenth century, but interracial relationships were not accepted by a majority of Americans, in general, in opinion polls, until the 1990s.

Matt Ford, The New Republic, 11 May 2022 In a similar vein, despite valorizing Canudos residents in certain moments, da Cunha concluded that the Northeast’s inferior geology bred inferior men, and that miscegenation put the Brazilian nation at risk.

Ela Bittencourt, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 Enter Mildred and Richard Loving, a Virginia couple whose June 12, 1967 Supreme Court ruling dealt a major blow to miscegenation laws.

Brenna Williams, CNN, 12 June 2021 Once married to Ada, a white woman, Ming Tsu was beaten and sentenced to 10 years of hard desert labor after Ada’s bigoted father brought charges of miscegenation.

Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021 There were at least three attempts to add a miscegenation ban to the US Constitution, the last introduced by Sen. Coleman Blease in 1928.

Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN, 27 May 2021 Somehow, barriers need to be erected against miscegenation.

The Economist, 27 Mar. 2021 The lead was set to be played by Paul Muni in yellowface, and for Wong to act alongside the white actor would violate the Hays Code, which forbade depictions of miscegenation.

Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2021 See More

单词	miscegenation
释义	miscegenation noun mis·ce·ge·na·tion (ˌ)mi-ˌse-jə-ˈnā-shən ˌmi-si-jə-ˈnā- : a mixture of races especially : marriage, cohabitation, or sexual intercourse between a white person and a member of another race (see race entry 1 sense 1a) Note: The word miscegenation is associated especially with historical laws against interracial marriage. In the United States, such laws were declared unconstitutional in 1967. miscegenational (ˌ)mi-ˌse-jə-ˈnā-shnəl -shə-nᵊl ˌmi-si-jə-ˈnā- adjective Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Blacula meets Shaft with some miscegenation anxiety thrown in for kicks. Lea Anderson, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2022 Not only did most lawmakers support miscegenation laws in the late nineteenth century, but interracial relationships were not accepted by a majority of Americans, in general, in opinion polls, until the 1990s. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 11 May 2022 In a similar vein, despite valorizing Canudos residents in certain moments, da Cunha concluded that the Northeast’s inferior geology bred inferior men, and that miscegenation put the Brazilian nation at risk. Ela Bittencourt, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021 Enter Mildred and Richard Loving, a Virginia couple whose June 12, 1967 Supreme Court ruling dealt a major blow to miscegenation laws. Brenna Williams, CNN, 12 June 2021 Once married to Ada, a white woman, Ming Tsu was beaten and sentenced to 10 years of hard desert labor after Ada’s bigoted father brought charges of miscegenation. Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2021 There were at least three attempts to add a miscegenation ban to the US Constitution, the last introduced by Sen. Coleman Blease in 1928. Eliott C. Mclaughlin, CNN, 27 May 2021 Somehow, barriers need to be erected against miscegenation. The Economist, 27 Mar. 2021 The lead was set to be played by Paul Muni in yellowface, and for Wong to act alongside the white actor would violate the Hays Code, which forbade depictions of miscegenation. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2021 See More Word History Etymology irregular from Latin miscēre to mix + genus race — more at mix, kin First Known Use 1863, in the meaning defined above Phrases Containing miscegenation anti-miscegenation anti-miscegenation miscegenation noun as in marriage formal sexual relations or marital union between people of two different races laws that once criminalized miscegenation Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance marriage intermarriage remarriage matrimony wedlock conjugality monogamy commitment polygamy proposal mixed marriage bigamy cohabitation polygyny engagement polyandry connubiality polyamory promise match relationship domestic partnership civil union betrothal attachment common-law marriage espousal pledge troth hand Antonyms & Near Antonyms separation divorce annulment
随便看	incognisance incognisances incognisant incognita incognitas incognito incognitos incognizable incognizance incognizances incognizant incognoscibility incognoscible incogs incoherence incoherences incoherencies incoherent incoherently incohering incohesion incohesive incoincidence incoincident incombustibilities

miscegenation

noun

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