Mixed Marriage (Noun)
Meaning
Marriage of two people from different races or different religions or different cultures; "the families of both partners in a mixed marriage often disapprove".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The couple had entered into a mixed marriage despite the strong objections from both of their families.
- As a child of a mixed marriage, she found herself struggling to balance her two different cultural identities.
- Statistics show that the success rate of a mixed marriage is often lower compared to same-culture unions due to various societal pressures.
- The community initially opposed the mixed marriage between the Christian man and the Muslim woman but eventually learned to accept it.
- Growing up in a mixed marriage allowed her to appreciate and understand the customs and traditions of both her parents' cultures.