Synonyms of miscegenation

miscegenation

noun

as in marriage

formal sexual relations or marital union between people of two different races

laws that once criminalized miscegenation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marriage
• intermarriage
• remarriage
• matrimony
• wedlock
• commitment
• proposal
• mixed marriage
• monogamy
• polygamy
• engagement
• bigamy
• conjugality
• cohabitation
• polygyny
• polyandry
• connubiality
• promise
• match
• relationship
• polyamory
• domestic partnership
• civil union
• pledge
• common-law marriage
• attachment
• betrothal
• espousal
• troth
• hand

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separation
• divorce
• annulment

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of miscegenation

In practice, this amounted to a bizarre, Stasi-like effort to micromanage the dating scene in a town of 100,000—and to stamp out religious miscegenation at first flush. —Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020

In 1924, he was tapped for the lead in Eugene O’Neill’s All God’s Chillun Got Wings, a controversial play about miscegenation. —Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024

Indeed, by the 1930s, Hollywood’s Hays Code included among its don’ts miscegenation. —Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2024

With its many hidden histories and ever-present diverse population that are a constant reminder of the miscegenation of the past, New Orleans has always been a bit of an enigma. —Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 10 July 2024