promiscuity; communal marriage; group marriage
Anthropological or sociological term for non-exclusive sexual relations or marriage forms. Often contrasted with 乱婚 (らんこん).
See also: 乱婚 (らんこん)
mixed marriage; interracial marriage; miscegenation
Refers to marriage between people of different races or ethnicities. The term 雑婚 can carry a dated or technical nuance; modern contexts often use 国際結婚 or 異人種間結婚.
Promiscuity is studied as one form of marriage in primitive societies.
Before the war, there was strong prejudice against mixed marriage in Japan.
Compound of 雑 (ざつ, miscellaneous, mixed) and 婚 (こん, marriage). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in academic and sociological contexts.