Meaning & use
miscegenation
Marriage, cohabitation, or reproduction between people considered to belong to different racial groups.
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Several American states enforced laws against miscegenation until the Supreme Court struck them down in 1967.
Historians study old miscegenation laws as evidence of the era's deeply racist legal systems.
A note on using this word
Miscegenation is a historical, legal term now used mainly to discuss past discriminatory laws, since it originated from racist assumptions about racial purity.
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