antimiscegenation
- adjective
- /ˌæntiˌmɪsɪˈdʒɛnəˌʃən/
- Offensive
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antimiscegenista
- Many states once had antimiscegenation laws that prohibited interracial marriage.
Examples
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Public opinion on antimiscegenation has changed significantly over the past fifty years.
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The antimiscegenation laws were finally repealed in many states.
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The activist spoke out against antimiscegenation policies in the early twentieth century.
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Many activists fought against antimiscegenation policies in the 1960s.
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The laws in some states were antimiscegenation, preventing people of different races from marrying each other.
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Many activists oppose antimiscegenation laws as they promote racial discrimination and inequality.
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The history of antimiscegenation laws reflects the struggles for civil rights and the fight against racism.
Antonyms
Support for romantic relationships or marriages between people of different races
How Racist
- Offensive
14
9.0
- Offensive
22
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
antimiscegenation = miscegenation (semi-transparent) = anti + miscegenation
The prefix anti- is fully productive, but the base word miscegenation is a specialized historical coinage, so the meaning is only partly transparent for most learners.
Etymology
The word antimiscegenation starts with anti- meaning 'against', and the rest comes from Latin miscere meaning 'to mix' and gen meaning 'race', as in generation or gene. So, antimiscegenation describes something that is against the mixing of races, especially marriage between people of different races.