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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)play

  Familiarity information: MISCEGENATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MISCEGENATION (noun)


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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