mixed-blood
Ancestry from two
Mixed-blood describes a person of ancestry from two or more distinct racial or ethnic groups, particularly someone with both Indigenous and European heritage.
The term was common in historical and legal contexts: mixed-blood claims to tribal land.
Now often considered dated or offensive, with most preferring specific tribal affiliations or terms like multiracial.
Having two racial ancestries
- mestizoBiracial Latin American
- creoleNativized pidgin tongue
- mulattoMixed-race person, archaic
- EurasianOf two connected continents
quadroon · octoroon · Afro-Asian · coloured · half-caste · interracial · biethnic
Fusion of diverse cultures
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
- hybridityMixed-origin quality
creolization · syncretism · fusion · cross-cultural · intercultural · integration · coexistence · diversity
biracial
Having two racial ancestries
Eurasian · quadroon · octoroon · Afro-Asian · coloured · half-caste · interracial · biethnic
melting-pot
Fusion of diverse cultures
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- cosmopolitanCulturally sophisticated, internationally fluent
- mosaicInlaid pictorial arrangement
hybridity · creolization · syncretism · fusion · cross-cultural · intercultural · integration · coexistence · diversity · inclusivity
- blood adjectivesbloodless, bleeding, bloodstained, bloodshot, clotted
mixed-bloodpurebred
Of single breed ancestry
full-blooded · full-blood · unmixed · thoroughbred · pure-blooded
mixed-bloodpure
Unmixed, without impurities
unmixed · homogeneous · unadulterated · unblended · undiluted
mix, mixed, blood, bloods, bloody, bloodied, bloodier, bloodiest, bloodily