雑ざっ婚こん

noun

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)

• 雑ざっ婚こんは、原げん始し社しゃ会かいにおける婚こん姻いん形けい態たいの一ひとつとして研けん究きゅうされている。

  Promiscuity is studied as one form of marriage in primitive societies.

noun

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.

• 戦せん前ぜんの日本にほんでは、雑ざっ婚こんに対たいする偏へん見けんが強つよかった。

  Before the war, there was strong prejudice against mixed marriage in Japan.