MIXED MARRIAGE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

mixed marriage

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Definition of mixed marriage

as in marriage

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Recent Examples of mixed marriage His mother, Marie Jillich, went by Miriam to appease her in-laws who disapproved of the mixed marriage. — Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026 Of the educationally mixed marriages, the majority—62 percent—were hypogamous, up from 39 percent in 1980. — Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025 At the age of 16, the offspring of mixed marriages had to choose one of their parents’ ethnicities. — Robert Hornsby, Foreign Affairs, 24 Oct. 2023 With so many men dead or enslaved, Native women married men outside their group—often African-Americans—and then redefined the families of mixed marriages as matrilineal in order to preserve collective claims to land. — Philip Deloria, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2019 On the subject of mixed marriages like theirs, James Carville, one half of another famously bipartisan couple, liked to say that such unions are feasible, but perhaps not advisable. — New York Times, 11 July 2018

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Noun

Yet while this measure is undeniably helpful, its effectiveness may still hinge on strict remarriage qualifications, which may limit the benefits available to deserving families.

— Cristina Johnson, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
My 30s were shaped by divorce, remarriage and raising young children.

— Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of remarriage

Noun

So did laws and court rulings that followed — barring Black men from the militia, barring Black adults from juries, barring Black children from learning alongside white children in public schools, and barring racial intermarriage.

— Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
But intermarriage could not protect the indigenous peoples, and through wars, disease, and famine their numbers continued to wane.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025

Definition of intermarriage

Noun

Nancy Buirski's documentary about Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple who fought Virginia's Jim Crow-era miscegenation laws, eschews narration, instead using archival footage and interviews with those involved to tell a quiet but forceful story that is both a cry for justice and a romance.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
The press, however—fearing backlash to its positive depiction of interracial romance—rewrote the conclusion without Grey’s knowledge or consent, killing off Nophaie and the offending prospect of miscegenation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025

Definition of miscegenation

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Fireworks herald the World Cup, the Olympics, inaugurations, weddings, railroad openings, royal matrimony, saints, the Saints, the spring equinox, eclipses, the New Year, the Day of the Dead, the beginning of summer, the end of it.

— Paige Williams, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
In each of the portraits, his subjects are draped by the white veil, both a symbol of matrimony and silence.

— Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

Definition of matrimony

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As explained in the couple’s recent YouTube video, having a baby out of wedlock was thought to be taboo in Britain at the time — especially in the three decades after World War II.

— Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni had asserted that Oyo left a young heir born out of wedlock, but Tooro’s committee looked beyond that in picking Kijanangoma.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of wedlock

Noun

The low-budget, black-and-white film starred Tracy Camilla Johns as Nola Darling, a New York City artist who refuses to choose between the three men pursuing her, prioritizing her independence over their demands for monogamy.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
Maybe a comment on how the rom-com itself has traditionally served as a kind of commercial for hetero monogamy?

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of monogamy

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