Dictionary

incestuous en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɪnˈsɛst͡ʃuəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪnˈsɛstjuəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɪnˈsɛst͡ʃuəs/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree English incest Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English incestuous From incest + -ous.

Meanings

1. Pertaining to or engaging in incest.
   • If you engaged in an incestuous relationship with a family member, that would make you an inbreeder.
2. Characterized by mutual relationships that are intimate and exclusive to the detriment of outsiders.
   • It’s an incestuous thing. Faculty at the liberal, Ivy League schools are involved in hiring other faculty, who later hire the next generation of faculty. There’s very little intellectual or philosophical diversity in our newsrooms as a result. Furthermore, as I pointed out in the book, there’s a large number of so-called journalists who work for Democrat politicians, who go back and forth between politics and journalism. 2019 July 3, Omri Nahmias, Mark Levin, “Mark Levin, Unplugged”, in Mishpacha:
   • Democrats have the luxury of controlling the public narrative, thanks, in large part, to their incestuous relationship with the news media. 2019 November 14, Tim Bryce, “What I Have Learned About the Democrats”, in Bryce on Politics, LinkedIn:

Forms

Deriveds

palincestuous · incestuously · pseudoincestuous · twincestuous · unincestuous · incestuousness · palimpsestuous · nonincestuous

Synonyms

incestual · incesty

Translations (21)

it incestuale (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · fr incestueux (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · ru инцестуо́зный (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · it incestuoso (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · hu vérfertőző (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · uk кровозмі́сний (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · es incestuoso (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · sv incestuös (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · nl incestueus (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · fi sukurutsainen (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · ru кровосмеси́тельный (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · ca incestuós (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · gv croiaghtagh (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · be кровазмяша́льны (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · pt incestuoso (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · el αιμομικτικός (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · cs krvesmilný (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · pl kazirodczy (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · la incestus (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · de inzestuös (pertaining to or engaging in incest) · cy llosgachol (pertaining to or engaging in incest)