Noun: miscegenation ,mi-si-ju'ney-shun or mi,se-ju'ney-shun
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
"Laws against miscegenation were common in the United States until the mid-20th century";
- crossbreeding, interbreeding
Derived forms: miscegenations
Type of: facts of life, procreation, reproduction
Encyclopedia: Miscegenation