miscegenetic

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɪ.sɛ.d͡ʒəˈnɛ.tɪk/

Adjective

miscegenetic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
    • 1962, E. C. P., Jr., “Jurisdiction to Dissolve the Marital Status”, in Virginia Law Review, volume 48, number 5, page 993:
      Thus, in Naim v. Naim a white woman, married to a Chinese who was domiciled in Virginia, obtained an annulment of her marriage, which had been performed in North Carolina in order to evade Virginia's policy against miscegenetic unions.

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