intermarriage
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4.4
- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈmɛrɪdʒ/
:
matrimonio mixto
- Many young people today support intermarriage as a means of promoting diversity and understanding.
- intermarriage rates
- racial intermarriage
- ethnic intermarriage
It seems to me one of the ways of getting rid of Indian, the Indian question is intermarriage and the gradual fading out of Indian blood.
- It seems to me one of the ways of getting rid of Indian, the Indian question is intermarriage and the gradual fading out of Indian blood.
- And and then the real key moving forward is intermarriage, right?
Examples
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The increase in intermarriage has helped strengthen ties between different communities.
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By the mid-1930s, some in the second generation were already criticizing prohibitions on intermarriage.
Academic text (2003) -
No one can argue against intermarriage rates of 70 percent.
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Their rate of intermarriage, even if rapidly increasing, is the lowest for any minority.
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The number of intermarriages is on the rise, obfuscating ethnic differences.
Academic text (2013) -
Throughout the nineteenth century, there was increasing intermarriage between Acadians and Creoles at all levels of society.
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Within two or three generations of immigration, their ethnic identities are attenuated by cultural assimilation and intermarriage.
Academic text (2008) -
For example, in cities such as Hamburg and Trieste, rates of intermarriage between Jews and non-Jews reached remarkable heights.
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The lure of other minority cultures engendered unconventional mixed families as well as intermarriages.
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Cultural traditions can evolve over time, often leading to higher rates of intermarriage between different social groups.
Synonyms
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3.5
A union of two people from different races, religions, or cultures
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9.9
The mixing of people from different races when they marry or have children
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7.1
People of different races who have children together
Antonyms
How Exogamous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intermarriage comes from inter- 'between' and marriage 'joining in marriage', the same inter- you see in international. So intermarriage means a marriage 'between' people from different tribes, races, or social groups.