Definition: Miscegenation refers to sexual relations between people from different racial groups. It stems from the Latin words "miscere" and "genus," which mean "to mix" and "race," respectively. Various American states prohibited miscegenation, also referred to as race-mixing, until the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia that anti-miscegenation laws violated the 14th Amendment.
Pronunciation: mis-sej-a-nation
Also Known As: race-mixing
Common Misspellings: miscegination, misegenation, micegenation
Examples:
Blacks and whites could not marry in early America because anti-miscegenation laws prohibited race-mixing.
