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We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation.
Lester B. Pearson

Meaning of "miscegenation" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MISCEGENATION

From Latin miscēre to mingle + genus race.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MISCEGENATION

miscegenation  [ˌmɪsɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MISCEGENATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Miscegenation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MISCEGENATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Miscegenation

Miscegenation is the mixing of different racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, sexual relations, or procreation. The term miscegenation has been used since the 19th century to refer to interracial marriage and interracial sexual relations, and more generally to the process of racial admixture, which has taken place since ancient history. Historically, the term has been used in the context of laws banning interracial marriage and sex, known as anti-miscegenation laws. The term entered historical records during European colonialism and the Age of Discovery, but societies such as China and Japan also had restrictions on marrying with peoples whom they considered to be of a different race.

Definition of miscegenation in the English dictionary

The definition of miscegenation in the dictionary is interbreeding of races, esp where differences of pigmentation are involved.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MISCEGENATION


combination
ˌkɒmbɪˈneɪʃən
contamination
kənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən
coordination
kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən
designation
ˌdɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
destination
ˌdɛstɪˈneɪʃən
determination
dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
discrimination
dɪˌskrɪmɪˈneɪʃən
domination
ˌdɒmɪˈneɪʃən
donation
dəʊˈneɪʃən
elimination
ɪˌlɪmɪˈneɪʃən
examination
ɪɡˌzæmɪˈneɪʃən
explanation
ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən
illumination
ɪˌluːmɪˈneɪʃən
imagination
ɪˌmædʒɪˈneɪʃən
nation
ˈneɪʃən
nomination
ˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən
origination
ɒˌrɪdʒɪˈneɪʃən
resignation
ˌrɛzɪɡˈneɪʃən
termination
ˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən
vaccination
ˌvæksɪˈneɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MISCEGENATION

miscarries
miscarry
miscast
miscatalog
miscegen
miscegenate
miscegenational
miscegenator
miscegenetic
miscegenist
miscellanarian
miscellanea
miscellaneous
miscellaneous expenses
miscellaneous items
miscellaneously
miscellaneousness
miscellanies
miscellanist
miscellany

WORDS THAT END LIKE MISCEGENATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation
federation
formation

Synonyms and antonyms of miscegenation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «miscegenation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MISCEGENATION

Find out the translation of miscegenation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of miscegenation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «miscegenation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

混血
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mestizaje
570 millions of speakers

English

miscegenation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नसलों की मिलावट
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

تمازج الأجناس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смешение рас
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

miscigenação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

métissage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penyatuan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rassenmischung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

異人種間結婚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

잡혼
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Miscegenation
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sự gây giống lai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனக்கலப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मिससीजेनेशन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ırkların karışması
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incrocio di razze
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krzyżowanie ras
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

змішання рас
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

miscegenation
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επιμιξία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verbastering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

miscegenation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

miscegenation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of miscegenation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MISCEGENATION»

The term «miscegenation» is regularly used and occupies the 82.718 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MISCEGENATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about miscegenation

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QUOTES WITH «MISCEGENATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word miscegenation.
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Lester B. Pearson
We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MISCEGENATION»

Discover the use of miscegenation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to miscegenation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of ...
Synopsis: A long-awaited history that promises to dramatically change our understanding of race in America, What Comes Naturally traces the origins, spread, and demise of miscegenation laws in the United States-laws that banned interracial ...
Peggy Pascoe, 2009
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"Miscegenation": Making Race in America
Lemire's brief, well-researched, and thoughtful book illustrates how key components of this protean process became part of the worldview of nineteenth-century white society."—Choice
Elise Lemire, 2011
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Hollywood Fantasies of Miscegenation: Spectacular Narratives ...
No further information has been provided for this title. "This could be the most important book published on film and race in America. It contains superior film analysis, a strong sense of film history, and breathtaking insights.
Susan Courtney, 2005
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Miscegenation blues: voices of mixed race women
A stunning collection of poetry, short stories, essays, letters, journal entries and artwork.
Carol Camper, 1994
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The Encyclopedia of American Civil Liberties: A - F, Index
Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335 (1963); Right to Counsel; Warren Court; Warren, Earl MISCEGENATION LAWS Miscegenation laws, sometimes referred to as antimis- cegenation laws, regulated interracial sexual relations. The term "miscegenation"  ...
Paul Finkelman, 2006
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Children of the French Empire : Miscegenation and Colonial ...
This book vividly recreates the lives of the children born of relationships between French men and African women from the time France colonized much of West Africa towards the end of the nineteenth century, until independence in 1960.
Owen White, 1999
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Segregated Miscegenation: On the Treatment of Racial ...
First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Carlos Hiraldo, 2014
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Mixed Race America and the Law: A Reader
The word miscegenation was coined in 1864 by crusading New York Daily Graphic editor David Croly, in his political pamphlet Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the White Man and the Negro.However, the ...
Kevin R. Johnson, 2003
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Ebony
In the famous sermon preached at Whitechapel in 1609 for Virginia-bound planters and adventurers, the minister fused the words in a stern admonition against miscegenation. From Genesis he summoned the figure of Abram who left his ...
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Eating the Black Body: Miscegenation as Sexual Consumption ...
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Carlyle Van Thompson, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MISCEGENATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term miscegenation is used in the context of the following news items.
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New bill could allow employers to fire single mothers
... the anti-miscegenation law. It's no different people using their religious beliefs to discriminate. It wasn't OK then and it's still not OK,” she said. «KFOX El Paso, Jul 15»
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The constitutional right to dignity: from gay marriage to #Black Lives …
Virginia which struck down anti-miscegenation laws. Technically, such laws treated blacks and whites equally – neither could marry a person of ... «The Conversation US, Jul 15»
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'The Raj at War', by Yasmin Khan
... British one, others were aghast at the rampant prostitution, miscegenation, and the ominous prospect of “an entire generation of bastards”. «Financial Times, Jul 15»
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George Takei's Disrespect of Clarence Thomas Shows The Depths …
His own current marriage, if he had sought to have it some fifty years ago, would have been illegal under then-existing anti-miscegenation laws. «Atlanta Black Star, Jul 15»
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Letters to the editor, July 18: Tennessee politics
Virginia, which called for an end to an anti-miscegenation. David Altschul. Nashville 37211. CONNECTTWEETLINKEDIN 1 COMMENTEMAIL ... «The Tennessean, Jul 15»
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How Will History Remember This Supreme Court Term?
Virginia, the anti-miscegenation case, where, eh, the states were already pretty much in line and everybody pretty much fell in with the court's ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
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This Side of Marriage Equality & EastSiders
I don't think it's a coincidence that a lot of those same states also had anti-miscegenation laws on the books when Loving v. Virginia made ... «Rainbow Times, Jul 15»
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Confederacy's confusing legacy
When I married their mother, our marriage was illegal in Maryland because of "miscegenation" statutes. I admire Gill for his bravery — but I've ... «Colorado Springs Independent, Jul 15»
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GOP has First Amendment upside-down
Virginia, the 1967 decision invalidating miscegenation laws, was accepted almost immediately. Bernstein points out that in states such as ... «The Times and Democrat, Jul 15»
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In 'Watchman,' Atticus Finch is deeply flawed
There's some rich stuff about miscegenation too (implied to be a goal of the NAACP). Atticus, say it ain't so! For so many “Mockingbird'' readers, ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»

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