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

“We really don’t know why we were targeted – it could be because they wanted the house or the fact we are in a mixed marriage and it’s because of religion,” she said.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2024

It’s a mixed marriage of new forms and old that captures modern life then shapes it into something artistically abiding.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2020

Members of a mixed marriage fight the wife’s ex-husband in court for custody of her daughter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2020

I now find myself in a mixed marriage, mother to a 3-year-old mixed-race girl who easily passes for white.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2020

I am the product of a mixed marriage.

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