antimiscegenation
- noun
- /ˌæntɪˌmɪsɪˈdʒɛnəˌʃən/
- Offensive
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antimiscegenación
- Early immigrants of Asian and Pacific Islander populations, moving to the United States in search of jobs, faced a host of anti-immigration legislation—including antimiscegenation laws—at the turn of the century.
- antimiscegenation laws
Examples
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Yet within U.S. history, the concept of marriage has evolved significantly in two other ways: women, traditionally considered the property of their husbands, eventually became full persons in the eyes of the law and gained the right to own property themselves; and antimiscegenation laws, which had prohibited or refused to recognize interracial marriages, were struck down.
Academic text (2003) -
From the early 1830s on, when the New England Anti-Slavery Society began its activities, abolitionists in Boston assailed the antimiscegenation law as the last "vestige of slavery."
Academic text (2002) -
Many states had antimiscegenation laws that made it illegal for different races to marry.
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The debate over antimiscegenation policies highlighted the issues of race and equality in America.
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Historically, antimiscegenation laws were enacted to prevent interracial marriages and relationships.
Antonyms
Support for romantic relationships or marriages between people of different races
How Opposed
- NSFW
115
7.0
- Offensive
147
4.7
250
3.4
45
3.0
101
2.9
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word antimiscegenation combines anti- 'against' with Latin roots miscere 'to mix' and gen 'race', as you can see in generation or gene. So, antimiscegenation names the belief or laws that oppose the mixing of races, for example by banning interracial marriage.