Miscegenetic vs Miscegenous - What's the difference?
miscegenetic | miscegenous | Synonyms |
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," Virginia Law Review , vol. 48, no. 5, p. 993:
Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial ((said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships)).
* 1997 , Mark Philip Strasser, Legally Wed: Same-sex Marriage and the Constitution , Cornell University Press, ISBN 978-0-8014-8429-2, page 114:
Miscegenous is a derived term of miscegenetic.
Miscegenous is a synonym of miscegenetic.
As adjectives the difference between miscegenetic and miscegenous
is that miscegenetic is of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships) while miscegenous is of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).miscegenetic
English
Adjective
(-)- 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.
Synonyms
* (of miscegenation) interracial, miscegenationist, miscegenative, miscegenic, miscegenist, miscegenistic, miscegenousmiscegenous
English
Adjective
(-)- The First Restatement [of the
] includes miscegenous marriages within those which need not be recognized, even if legally celebrated in another state.