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MISCEGENATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does miscegenation mean?
• MISCEGENATION (noun)
The noun MISCEGENATION has 1 sense:
1. reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
Familiarity information: MISCEGENATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
crossbreeding; interbreeding; miscegenation
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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