Definitions for miscegenate
mis·ce·genate

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1. miscegenateverb

   marry or cohabit with a person of another race

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1. miscegenateverb

   to mix or blend

2. miscegenateverb

   to mix or blend race in marriage or breeding

3. Etymology: From misceo + genus.

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1. miscegenate

   Miscegenation ( mih-SEJ-ə-NAY-shən) is the interbreeding of people who are considered to be members of different races. The word, now usually considered pejorative, is derived from a combination of the Latin terms miscere ("to mix") and genus ("race") from the Hellenic γένος. The word first appeared in Miscegenation: The Theory of the Blending of the Races, Applied to the American White Man and Negro, a pretended anti-abolitionist pamphlet David Goodman Croly and others published anonymously in advance of the 1864 U.S. presidential election. The term came to be associated with laws that banned interracial marriage and sex, which were known as anti-miscegenation laws.Opposition to miscegenation, framed as preserving so-called racial purity, is a typical theme of racial supremacist movements. Although the notion that racial mixing is undesirable has arisen at different points in history, it gained particular prominence among white communities in United States during the colonial period.Although the term "miscegenation" was formed from the Latin miscere "to mix" plus genus "race" or "kind", and it could therefore be perceived as being value-neutral, it is almost always a pejorative term which is used by people who believe in racial superiority or purity. Less loaded terms for multiethnic relationships, such as interethnic or interracial marriages, and mixed-race, multiethnic, or multiracial people, are more common in contemporary usage.

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1. miscegenate

   Miscegenate refers to the act or process of interbreeding or marriage between individuals of different racial, ethnic, or religious groups. It is used to describe a blending of cultures or societies through such relationships.

Matched Categories

1. • Cohabit

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce miscegenate?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

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   Australian

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   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say miscegenate in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of miscegenate in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of miscegenate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=miscegenate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Miscegenate
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=miscegenate