MISCEGENATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

Synonyms:

crossbreeding; interbreeding; miscegenation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("miscegenation" is a kind of...):

breeding; facts of life; procreation; reproduction (the sexual activity of conceiving and bearing offspring)

Derivation:

miscegenate (marry or cohabit with a person of another race)

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