intermarriage
in ter me rij
- n marriage to a person belonging to a tribe or group other than your own as required by custom or law
- n marriage within one's own tribe or group as required by custom or law
- To them, intermarriage is anathemaand so, for his strong views on Jews frequently expressed in the past, is Arnold Toynbee.
- Accused of promoting "social equality," which some feared would encourage intermarriage of white women and black men, Roosevelt was widely villainized.
- Laws prohibiting the intermarriage of whites and Negroes are on the books of 30 states, have survived every legal test.