miscegenation definition
If a country has laws against miscegenation, that means they have laws against people of different races having children. If a Chinese person and an Ecuadorian person have a child, that would be considered miscegenation. Miscegenation combines the Latin miscere, meaning âmix,â with genu, meaning ârace,â plus the suffix -ation, which describes an action or process. So miscegenation means a mixing of racial groups, like when people of different races live together or have kids together.