intermarriage

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ marriage

Noun

intermarriage (countable and uncountable, plural intermarriages)

Marriage between people belonging to different groups, such as different racial, ethnic, or religious groups; mixed marriage.
During the 1960s, some Georgians opposed the intermarriage of blacks and whites.

Synonyms

(marriage): See also Thesaurus:intermarriage

Antonyms

intramarriage
(antonym(s) of “marriage”): See also Thesaurus:intermarriage

Translations

mixed marriage — see mixed marriage

References

“intermarriage”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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