mestizaje

English

Etymology

From Spanish mestizaje

Noun

mestizaje (uncountable)

1. The postrevolutionary construction of a modern Mexican national identity.

Spanish

Etymology

From mestizo +‎ -aje.

Noun

mestizaje m (plural mestizajes)

1. a miscegenation, especially between Spaniards and natives of their former colonies

Further reading

• “mestizaje”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014