mis·ceg·e·na·tion (m -s j  -n  shn, ms-j-)
n.
Cohabitation, sexual relations, marriage, or interbreeding involving persons of different races, especially in historical contexts as a transgression of the law.
[Latin misc
 re, to mix; see meik- in Indo-European roots + genus, race; see gen- in Indo-European roots + -ation.]
mis·ceg
e·nation·al adj. |
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I'm not sure if miscegenation was illegal in North Carolina when Mom and Dad were growing up, but I know marriage between people of different races wasn't common.
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