miscegenation

noun

Definition of miscegenationnext
as in marriage
formal sexual relations or marital union between people of two different races laws that once criminalized miscegenation

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Recent Examples of miscegenation In 1924, he was tapped for the lead in Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings, a controversial play about miscegenation. — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024 The press, however—fearing backlash to its positive depiction of interracial romance—rewrote the conclusion without Grey’s knowledge or consent, killing off Nophaie and the offending prospect of miscegenation. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 On top of that, Hollywood’s Hays Code prohibited miscegenation — no interracial romance whatsoever. — Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025 Nancy Buirski's documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple who fought Virginia's Jim Crow-era miscegenation laws, eschews narration, instead using archival footage and interviews with those involved to tell a quiet but forceful story that is both a cry for justice and a romance. — David Morgan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for miscegenation
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intermarriage
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  • So did laws and court rulings that followed — barring Black men from the militia, barring Black adults from juries, barring Black children from learning alongside white children in public schools, and barring racial intermarriage.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But intermarriage could not protect the indigenous peoples, and through wars, disease, and famine their numbers continued to wane.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
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