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Today, the word miscegenation is avoided by many scholars, because the term suggests a concrete biological phenomenon, rather than a categorization imposed on certain relationships.

The term's historical use in contexts that typically implied disapproval is also a reason why more unambiguously neutral terms such as " interracial ", " interethnic " or " cross-cultural " are more common in contemporary usage.

The term remains in use among scholars when referring to past practices concerning multiraciality, such as anti-miscegenation laws that banned interracial marriages.