anti-miscegenation

adjective

an·​ti-mis·​ce·​ge·​na·​tion ˌan-tē-(ˌ)mi-ˌse-jə-ˈnā-shən 

-ˌmi-si-jə-ˈnā-, 

ˌan-tī- 

variants or antimiscegenation

: opposing or prohibiting miscegenation

In many states anti-miscegenation laws made it a crime for two people of different races to have a relationship or engage in intimate activities.

—Sue Leeman

Examples of anti-miscegenation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Eugenicists promoted anti-miscegenation laws and forced sterilization of those in prison and in poverty and of those with disabilities or mental illness. — Tania Fabo, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Aug. 2025

Both houses served white men, but Missouri’s anti-miscegenation laws only allowed Black men to seek companionship at the bordello where Black escorts worked. — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023

In the 19th century and into the 20th century, California’s anti-miscegenation laws prohibited whites from marrying outside their race. — Sam Vong, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025

Scholars have highlighted the ways in which Jim Crow informed the Nuremberg Laws, yet German colonial rule in Africa produced anti-miscegenation regulations and racial hierarchies that predate the Nazi period. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-miscegenation

• americanization
• anticoagulation
• antidiscrimination
• bioaccumulation
• bioremediation
• compartmentalization
• contextualization
• copolymerization
• decriminalization
• dehumidification
• demilitarization
• demineralization