miscegenation
noun/ˌmɪsɪdʒəˈneɪʃn/
/ˌmɪsɪdʒəˈneɪʃn/
[uncountable] (formal)- the fact of children being produced by parents who are considered to be of different races, especially when one parent is whiteWord Originmid 19th cent.: formed irregularly from Latin miscere ‘to mix’ + genus ‘race’ + -ation.
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