as in marriage
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sexual relations or marital union between people of two different races
laws that once criminalized miscegenation
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Recent Examples of miscegenation
On top of that, Hollywood’s Hays Code prohibited miscegenation — no interracial romance whatsoever.
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Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The drama is a subtle exploration of miscegenation, one of the core taboos that the LCO often clamped down on.
—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
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Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The drama is a subtle exploration of miscegenation, one of the core taboos that the LCO often clamped down on.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for miscegenation
Noun
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To me, jobs in this industry feel like a bunch of little marriages.—
Selome Hailu,
Variety,
25 Aug. 2025
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The notion of destroying marriages and undoing family relationships would be extremely difficult for the Court to justify.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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By the Eighties, almost half of all Jews were marrying non-Jews, and worry over the long-term implications of intermarriage had become its own cottage industry.—
Daniel May,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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The debate over intermarriage in Conservative Judaism has persisted for decades, reflecting the movement’s dual commitments to tradition and change.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Miscegenation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/miscegenation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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