noun · countable / uncountable · rare

miscegenation

miscegenation · miscegenations

смешение n рас, метисация

The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriageThe mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage.

/mɪˌsɛd͡ʒ.əˈneɪ.ʃən/

» Generations of Americans were taught to fear—miscegenation, "the yellow peril," Italians, communism.

Generationen von Amerikaner lehrte man zu fürchten - Rassenmischung, "die gelbe Gefahr", Italiener, Kommunismus.

Навчання поколінь американців було - боятися: змішення рас, "жовтої загибелі", італійців, комунізму.

Meaning

2 senses

(US, countable, uncountable)The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage.
смеше́ние n расsmešénije, метиса́цияmetisácija
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A mixing or blending, especially one which is considered to be inappropriate.

More definitions

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

Examples

1 sentences

Generations of Americans were taught to fear—miscegenation, "the yellow peril," Italians, communism.
Навчання поколінь американців було - боятися: змішення рас, "жовтої загибелі", італійців, комунізму.
deGenerationen von Amerikaner lehrte man zu fürchten - Rassenmischung, "die gelbe Gefahr", Italiener, Kommunismus.
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By meaning 1

the mixing or blending of race:

Origin

Blend of Latin miscēre (“mix”) + Latin genus (“race”) + -ation. Coined by American journal

Blend of Latin miscēre (“mix”) + Latin genus (“race”) + -ation. Coined by American journalist David Goodman Croly in 1864 and first used in an anonymous pamphlet he coauthored, which claimed to be written by a person who believed in the inherent unity of all racial groups, that marriage between blacks and whites would create a better race, and that the American Civil War was a fight for the latter idea. Later, it was exposed that the pretext of the pamphlet was false and that it had actually been written by a group which hoped to inflame anger, particularly against then-US President Abraham Lincoln who was up for reelection.

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