mixed marriage

American  

noun

1. a marriage between persons of different racial, ethnic, or religious groups, as between a Black person and a white person or between a Christian and a Jew.

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mixed marriage British  

noun

1. a marriage between persons of different races or religions

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mixed marriage Cultural  

1. Marriage between two people who come from different cultural, national, racial, ethnic, or religious backgrounds. Often, such marriages must withstand the scrutiny of both partners' families and social communities.

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Etymology

Origin of mixed marriage

First recorded in 1690–1700

Example Sentences

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mixed marriage

He is Sunni and she is Shia, a mixed marriage that might have offended extremists.

From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2021

I note with interest the color-blind casting, which produces a post-racial turn-of-the-last-century Midwest Mississippi River town where a mixed marriage is not a remarkable thing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2019

We had a mixed marriage but we both became independent voters and we used to vote across the spectrum.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2019

Who would not prefer to be in a racially mixed marriage today compared with 70 years ago?

From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2017

I am the product of a mixed marriage.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg