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miscegenetic

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mis⋅ceg⋅e⋅na⋅tion

  [mi-sej-uh-ney-shuhn, mis-i-juh-]
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–noun
1. marriage or cohabitation between a man and woman of different races, esp., in the U.S., between a black and a white person.
2. interbreeding between members of different races.
3. the mixing or a mixture of races by interbreeding.
Origin:
irreg. < L miscē(re) to mix + gen(us) race, stock, species + -ation; allegedly coined by U.S. journalist David Goodman Croly (1829–89) in a pamphlet published anonymously in 1864

Related forms:
mis⋅ce⋅ge⋅net⋅ic  [mis-i-juh-net-ik, mi-sej-uh-] , adjective
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miscegenation 
1864, coined irregularly in Amer.Eng. from L. miscere "mix" + genus "race" (see genus).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: mis·ce·ge·na·tion
Pronunciation: (")mis-"ej-&-'nA-sh&n, "mis-i-j&-'nA-
Function: noun
: a mixture ofraces; especially : marriage or cohabitation between a white person and a member of another race —mis·ce·ge·na·tion·al /-shn&l,-sh&n-&l/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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miscegenation mis·ceg·e·na·tion (mĭ-sěj'ə-nā'shən, mĭs'ĭ-jə-)
n.
Marriage or sexual relations between individuals of different races.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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