Unscramble

m 3 i 1 s 1 c 3 e 1 g 2 e 1 n 1 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1

13 letters · 18 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)

originBlend of Latin miscēre (“mix”) + Latin genus (“race”) + -ation. Coined by American journalist David Goodman Croly in 1864 and first used in an anonymous pamphlet he coauthored, which claimed to be written by a person who believed in the inherent unity of all racial groups, that marriage between blacks and whites would create a better race, and that the American Civil War was a fight for the…

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