n. Cohabitation, sexual relations, marriage, or interbreeding involving persons of different races, especially in historical contexts as a transgression of the law. [Latin miscēre, to mix; see meik- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + genus, race; see genə- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + -ATION.] mis·ceg′e·nation·al adj. |
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