as in marriage
formal
sexual relations or marital union between people of two different races
laws that once criminalized miscegenation
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Recent Examples of miscegenation
The drama is a subtle exploration of miscegenation, one of the core taboos that the LCO often clamped down on.
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Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Their mutual groping, filmed in blue light, could be the most frank miscegenation ever put on film.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
In 1924, he was tapped for the lead in Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings, a controversial play about miscegenation.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Indeed, by the 1930s, Hollywood’s Hays Code included among its don’ts miscegenation.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
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Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2025
Their mutual groping, filmed in blue light, could be the most frank miscegenation ever put on film.
—Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
In 1924, he was tapped for the lead in Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings, a controversial play about miscegenation.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
Indeed, by the 1930s, Hollywood’s Hays Code included among its don’ts miscegenation.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for miscegenation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscegenation
Noun
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Their son, Monty, was born in 2017, with each having one child from their previous marriages.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Off-screen, many of them have been in marriages for almost the same amount of time.—
Jacqueline Weiss,
People.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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The Conservative movement used to forbid its rabbis from even attending intermarriage ceremonies.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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They were often connected to Indigenous people—either through supposedly ubiquitous (but actually rare) intermarriage or as a group similarly tied to nature.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
5 June 2025
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“Miscegenation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscegenation. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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