incest en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɪn.sɛst/
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin incestus. Displaced Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and sometimes first cousins, usually considered taboo.
Genetic problems caused by incest are thought to have plagued many royal families in the Middle Ages.
He was only Craster's whelp, an abomination born of incest, not the son of the King-beyond-the-Wall.
2005, George R. R. Martin, A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire, page 225:For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light:Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 12:
- (broadly, uncountable, usually) Romantic relationships between close relatives, also widely taboo.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| incests | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
siscest · incestualist · incesting · wincest · incestic · incestually · incestism · spiritual incest · yaoicest · incestuously · hallcest · step-incest · sibcest · twincest · proincest · fauxcest · incestophile · incester · anti-incest · incestlike · cousincest · sistercest · incestual · incestuality · Folgercest · selfcest · incested · dormcest · incestuousness · pro-incest · yuricest · incestophobic · incestualize · incestophobe · incestophobia · incestuous · incestophilia · pseudoincest · Waycest
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Translations (98)
ka ინცესტი (sexual relations between close relatives) · be кровазмяшэ́ння (sexual relations between close relatives) · bg кръвосмеше́ние (sexual relations between close relatives) · tl insesto (sexual relations between close relatives) · ga col (sexual relations between close relatives) · sh ѝнцест (sexual relations between close relatives) · uk кровозмі́шення (sexual relations between close relatives) · no incest (sexual relations between close relatives) · kk қан араласу (sexual relations between close relatives) · fo blóðskemd (sexual relations between close relatives) · lmy hala (sexual relations between close relatives) · uk інце́ст (sexual relations between close relatives) · be інцэ́ст (sexual relations between close relatives) · ar زِنَا مَحَارِم (sexual relations between close relatives) · fi sukurutsaus (sexual relations between close relatives) · cy llosgach (sexual relations between close relatives) · cs incest (sexual relations between close relatives) · da blodskam (sexual relations between close relatives) · tr ensest (sexual relations between close relatives) · sv incest (sexual relations between close relatives) · cmn 亂倫 /乱伦 (sexual relations between close relatives) · sv blodskam (sexual relations between close relatives) · mk и́нцест (sexual relations between close relatives) · mk родосквернавење (sexual relations between close relatives) · hi अजाचार (sexual relations between close relatives) · hu vérfertőzés (sexual relations between close relatives) · nl bloedschande (sexual relations between close relatives) · gv croiaght (sexual relations between close relatives) · ms sumbang mahram (sexual relations between close relatives) · de Inzest (sexual relations between close relatives) · kk жатынына шабу (sexual relations between close relatives) · hi कुड़ुमचोदी (sexual relations between close relatives) · sh ìncest (sexual relations between close relatives) · ja インセスト (sexual relations between close relatives) · sk incest (sexual relations between close relatives) · sa अगम्यागमन (sexual relations between close relatives) · lv asinsgrēks (sexual relations between close relatives) · sl incest (sexual relations between close relatives) · da incest (sexual relations between close relatives) · mi kaiwhiore (sexual relations between close relatives) · km ទាស់មុខស្មន់ (sexual relations between close relatives) · is sifjaspell (sexual relations between close relatives) · hi अगम्यागमन (sexual relations between close relatives) · gd col (sexual relations between close relatives) · pl kazirodztwo (sexual relations between close relatives) · ja 近親相姦 (sexual relations between close relatives) · fr inceste (sexual relations between close relatives) · cs krvesmilství (sexual relations between close relatives) · ko 근친상간 (sexual relations between close relatives) · id hubungan sekerabat (sexual relations between close relatives) · el αιμομιξία (sexual relations between close relatives) · mi irawaru (sexual relations between close relatives) · ar سِفَاح الْقُرْبَى (sexual relations between close relatives) · cmn 骨科 (sexual relations between close relatives) · cmn 近親相姦 /近亲相奸 (sexual relations between close relatives) · te అగమ్యాగమనము (sexual relations between close relatives) · kk инцест (sexual relations between close relatives) · ast incestu (sexual relations between close relatives) · vi loạn luân (sexual relations between close relatives) · sh rodoskvrnuće (sexual relations between close relatives) · fi sukurutsa (sexual relations between close relatives) · ca incest (sexual relations between close relatives) · id hubungan sedarah (sexual relations between close relatives) · ga ciorrú coil (sexual relations between close relatives) · eu intzestu (sexual relations between close relatives) · id inses (sexual relations between close relatives) · gu ગૌત્રગમન (sexual relations between close relatives) · he גִלוּי עֲרָיוֹת (sexual relations between close relatives) · ru кровосмеше́ние (sexual relations between close relatives) · id hubungan sumbang (sexual relations between close relatives) · it incesto (sexual relations between close relatives) · fa زنا با محارم (sexual relations between close relatives) · ru инце́ст (sexual relations between close relatives) · hy արյունապղծություն (sexual relations between close relatives) · fo insest (sexual relations between close relatives) · el αδελφομιξία (sexual relations between close relatives) · lt kraujomaiša (sexual relations between close relatives) · mi ngauwhiore (sexual relations between close relatives) · pt incesto (sexual relations between close relatives) · eo incesto (sexual relations between close relatives) · ang mǣġhǣmed (sexual relations between close relatives) · es incesto (sexual relations between close relatives) · eo sangadulto (sexual relations between close relatives) · ro incest (sexual relations between close relatives) · et intsest (sexual relations between close relatives) · br gwadorged (sexual relations between close relatives) · fi sukupuoliyhteys lähisukulaisten kesken (sexual relations between close relatives) · az insest (sexual relations between close relatives) · hi सगोत्रगमन (sexual relations between close relatives) · nl incest (sexual relations between close relatives) · sk krvismilstvo (sexual relations between close relatives) · hi अगम्यगमन (sexual relations between close relatives) · ofs swesbed (sexual relations between close relatives) · cs krvesmilstvo (sexual relations between close relatives) · ga corbadh (sexual relations between close relatives) · fi insesti (sexual relations between close relatives) · sh родоскврну́ће (sexual relations between close relatives) · no blodskam (sexual relations between close relatives)