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miscegenetic

miscegenetic

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miscegenetic (not comparable)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
    • 1962, E. C. P., Jr., "Jurisdiction to Dissolve the Marital Status," Virginia Law Review, vol. 48, no. 5, p. 993:
      Thus, in Naim v. Naim a white woman, married to a Chinese who was domiciled in Virginia, obtained an annulment of her marriage, which had been performed in North Carolina in order to evade Virginia's policy against miscegenetic unions.

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