incest
sexual intercourse between closely related persons.
the crime of sexual intercourse, cohabitation, or marriage between persons within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity wherein marriage is legally forbidden.
Origin of incest
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How to use incest in a sentence
It soon becomes apparent, though, that the ongoing nonconsensual incest that sets an increasingly ugly chain of events in motion is of a different sort.
Jo Nesbo’s ‘The Kingdom’ is a suspenseful bundle of Norwegian noir that’s almost impossible to put down | Richard Lipez | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostA man buried in a huge, roughly 5,200-year-old Irish stone tomb was the product of incest, a new study finds.
DNA from a 5,200-year-old Irish tomb hints at ancient royal incest | Bruce Bower | June 17, 2020 | Science NewsSocially sanctioned incest tends to be rare throughout history but is known from instances of royal inbreeding.
DNA from a 5,200-year-old Irish tomb hints at ancient royal incest | Bruce Bower | June 17, 2020 | Science NewsMating between brothers and sisters, for example, occurred in some ancient societies with ruling families headed by men regarded as gods not subject to human incest taboos.
DNA from a 5,200-year-old Irish tomb hints at ancient royal incest | Bruce Bower | June 17, 2020 | Science NewsOnly the Newgrange man, who was interred in the largest and most impressive structure, had inherited genetic markers of incest.
DNA from a 5,200-year-old Irish tomb hints at ancient royal incest | Bruce Bower | June 17, 2020 | Science News
incest appears to have had in his eyes peculiar charms; for he offered himself three times to three different sisters-in-law.
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 (of 3) | Isaac D'Israeliincest is, like many other incorrect things, a very poetical circumstance.
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 | Lord Byronincest was originally a requirement to make it possible for human beings to multiply.
Woman and Socialism | August Bebelincest is common, in Switzerland especially, among the inhabitants of isolated mountain chalets.
The Sexual Question | August Forelincest and infanticide are as common among them as among the lower animals.
The Earl of Beaconsfield | James Anthony Froude
British Dictionary definitions for incest
/ (ˈɪnsɛst) /
sexual intercourse between two persons commonly regarded as too closely related to marry
Origin of incest
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for incest
Sexual relations between relatives who are forbidden by law to marry; for example, between father and daughter or mother and son.
Notes for incest
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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