race mixing
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7.1
- noun
- /reɪs ˈmɪk.sɪŋ/
- Offensive
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[término ofensivo: mezcla de razas]
- The questions of mixed-race heritage and skin color have always been interesting to me, especially when looking at how race-mixing narratives are taught.
And they think that miscegenation, like race mixing, is white genocide because whiteness is purity in their minds.
- And they think that miscegenation, like race mixing, is white genocide because whiteness is purity in their minds.
Examples
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"Race mixing" occurred in spite of all this, of course.
Academic text (1997) -
And this goes back to earlier concerns that Hoover had events, you know, about race mixing and things like that.
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Dad, I know you're against race mixing and all that, but I met someone ...
Fiction book (1999) -
And they think that miscegenation, like race mixing, is white genocide because whiteness is purity in their minds.
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To what degree has our social obsession with black-white race mixing not only resulted in pathologizing today's black-white multiracials, but also caused us to ignore other multiracial populations?
Academic text (2011) -
Many people believe that race mixing can lead to a richer cultural diversity.
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The festival celebrated race mixing, showcasing traditions from various racial backgrounds.
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Discussions about race mixing often highlight the benefits of intermarriage in modern societies.
Synonyms
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Putting different things together so they become one
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3.5
A union of two people from different races, religions, or cultures
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6.2
Animals or plants from different groups produce mixed young
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The mixing of people from different races when they marry or have children
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Mixing of different human groups that creates people with mixed origins
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Marriage between people from different groups like tribes or races
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5.5
Combining different things like ideas or styles to make something new
A process in which different breeds or groups mate to make hybrid young
A process of making something new by joining two different species or languages
How Mixed
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'interbreeding or blending of people from different racial backgrounds' is directly and compositionally derived from 'race' (a group defined by shared inherited traits) + 'mix' (to join or blend). This noun+verb/gerund construction is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent compounding patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the intended meaning (noting that social or evaluative connotations are context-dependent).
Etymology
The term race mixing uses a simple image: race as different colors and mixing like mixing paints so two colors join to make a new shade. It describes people of different races forming families or having children, so it means 'the blending of people from different racial backgrounds'.