Definition of miscegenation
: a mixture of races
especially
: marriage, cohabitation, or sexual intercourse between a white person and a member of another race (see race entry 1 sense 1a)
Note: The word miscegenation is associated especially with historical laws against interracial marriage. In the United States, such laws were declared unconstitutional in 1967.
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The first known use of miscegenation was in 1863
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