incest

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪnsɛst/

Noun

incest (uncountable)

1. Sexual relations between close relatives, especially immediate family members and first cousins, usually considered taboo; in many jurisdictions, close relatives are not allowed to marry, and incest is a crime.

   Genetic problems caused by incest are thought to have plagued many royal families in the Middle Ages.

   • 2005, George R. R. Martin, A Feast for Crows: A Song of Ice and Fire, page 225:

     He was only Craster's whelp, an abomination born of incest, not the son of the King-beyond-the-Wall.

Synonyms

• inbreeding

Antonyms

• outbreeding

Related terms

• incestuous
• spiritual incest

Translations

• French: inceste
• German: Inzest
• Italian: incesto
• Portuguese: incesto
• Russian: инце́ст
• Spanish: incesto

Verb

incest (incests, present participle incesting; past and past participle incested)

1. (ambitransitive) To engage in incestuous sexual intercourse.
   • 2009, Antonino Ferro, The Analytic Field: A Clinical Concept (page 206)

     Her erotic transference ultimately devolved into a revelation that she had been consistently incested by her brother

   • 2011, Marvin Mengeling, Crows, Pete Rose, UFOs: And Other Pretty Pieces (page 2)

     […] the most powerful of that bunch of immortal giants called Titans was Cronus, who “incested” with sister Rhea, who then birthed the Olympians (Zeus and his bunch) […]

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