Miscegenation

(thing) by Eraser_ Sun Nov 05 2000 at 21:24:51
miscegenation: interbreeding of races; in U.S. usage, interbreeding of, in particular, white and black. Up until the late 1960s mixed race marriages were not permitted in some of the United States due to the miscegenation laws.

Dictionary of Sexology Project: Main Index

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(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:12:51

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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