'Miscegenation' definitions:
Definition of 'miscegenation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons) [syn: miscegenation, crossbreeding, interbreeding]
Definition of 'Miscegenation'
From: GCIDE
- Miscegenation \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.
- Note: Until the late twentieth century, misceganation was a crime in some states of the Southern United States. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'miscegenation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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