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Assimilating vs Miscegenation - What's the difference?

assimilating | miscegenation |

As a verb assimilating

is .

As a noun miscegenation is

(chiefly|us) the mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage.

assimilating

English

Verb

(head)

    • miscegenation

    English

    (wikipedia miscegenation)

    Noun

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  • (chiefly, US) The mixing or blending of race in marriage or breeding, interracial marriage.
  • (figuratively) A mixing or blending, especially one which is considered to be inappropriate.
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    • Usage notes

    Often considered offensive, pejorative, or old-fashioned, alternative terms are more common in contemporary use, such as interracial, interethnic or , multiracial, or mixed for persons. In scholarly use, miscegenation is particularly used for historical discussions, and in current use has been repurposed by academics to analyze the emotions, reactions, and anxieties held by people about interracial couplings.

    Synonyms

    * miscegeny

    Derived terms

    * miscegenative / miscegenetic / miscegenic / miscegenistic / miscegenous (adj.) * miscegenationist / miscegenist (adj. and n.) * antimiscegenation (US)

    Related terms

    * miscegenate

    See also

    * (l) * * (l) * (l)

    References