intermarriage

English

Etymology

inter- +‎ marriage

Noun

intermarriage (countable and uncountable, plural intermarriages)

1. 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
• (marriage): See also Thesaurus:intermarriage

Translations

mixed marriage — see mixed marriage

References

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