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miscegenation

 (n): reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
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21 days ago chained_bear said:

I'm guessing the negative implication comes from racial biases, though that's a very interesting linguistic point, qroqqa.

22 days ago qroqqa said:

I wonder if the negative implication this word has for some is in part due to misunderstanding it as containing the negative mis-. It doesn't: it's misc- "mix" plus gen- "birth, generation".

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