Incestuous
adjective
Related to sexual activity between close family members.
Her novel exposes the incestuous relationship between two siblings.
Often appears as...
- incestuous relationship
- incestuous behavior
adjective
When people in a small group always give each other advantages.
The city's business community is incestuous, everyone knows each other.
Often appears as...
- incestuous group
- incestuous community
adjective
Related to sexual activity between close family members.
Her novel exposes the incestuous relationship between two siblings.
Often appears as...
- incestuous relationship
- incestuous behavior
adjective
When people in a small group always give each other advantages.
The city's business community is incestuous, everyone knows each other.
Often appears as...
- incestuous group
- incestuous community
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Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term carries a strong social stigma and is considered taboo.
The film was controversial for its incestuous themes.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
In many places, incestuous acts are illegal.
He faced charges due to the incestuous nature of the relationship.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understanding different cultural views on incest is important as they vary widely.
Anthropologists study the incestuous taboos of diverse societies.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term carries a strong social stigma and is considered taboo.
The film was controversial for its incestuous themes.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
In many places, incestuous acts are illegal.
He faced charges due to the incestuous nature of the relationship.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understanding different cultural views on incest is important as they vary widely.
Anthropologists study the incestuous taboos of diverse societies.
Pro Tip 1/3Negative Connotation
The term carries a strong social stigma and is considered taboo.
The film was controversial for its incestuous themes.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Implications
In many places, incestuous acts are illegal.
He faced charges due to the incestuous nature of the relationship.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Understanding different cultural views on incest is important as they vary widely.
Anthropologists study the incestuous taboos of diverse societies.
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The battle of the Greek...
dead of her own hand in their incestuous bedroom, took the broaches from her dress and stabbed his eyes repeatedly. You can't blame the guy, can you? Bedded his mother, killed his father, is father and brother to his children. I might do the same.
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also theoretically we don't really want him to be mating with cassava or Tandy at this stage given that Tandy is his sister effectively the same mother and in kochava Stanley's daughter it's a little bit incestuous
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The battle of the Greek...
dead of her own hand in their incestuous bedroom, took the broaches from her dress and stabbed his eyes repeatedly. You can't blame the guy, can you? Bedded his mother, killed his father, is father and brother to his children. I might do the same.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 134 PIPE...
also theoretically we don't really want him to be mating with cassava or Tandy at this stage given that Tandy is his sister effectively the same mother and in kochava Stanley's daughter it's a little bit incestuous
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Quote examples
John Varvatos
American Designer
Music and fashion have had a kind of incestuous relationship since the Fifties. It started with people like Elvis Presley and pop icons like James Dean. Then it exploded in the MTV days. Now, with the Internet, it's instantaneous.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.
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Anand Giridharadas
American Author
The American television punditocracy - the pollsters, political consultants and other talking heads who become as ubiquitous as air every election cycle - can be incestuous and herdlike.
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Diane Lane
American Actress
It's all so confusing and incestuous and curious, the trail that actors wander through in the course of their careers and how stories overlap. It's funny.
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Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean Writer
Publishing can be a cliquish and incestuous business; it is not uncommon for writers from the same agencies and publishers to review each other.
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Penelope Keith
British Actress
So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.
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Jeanette Winterson
British Novelist
London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other.
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Branford Marsalis
American Musician
I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.
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Jack Anderson
Journalist
The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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David Hallberg
American Dancer
Ballet is incestuous. This world is smaller than small.
Quote examples
John Varvatos
American Designer
Music and fashion have had a kind of incestuous relationship since the Fifties. It started with people like Elvis Presley and pop icons like James Dean. Then it exploded in the MTV days. Now, with the Internet, it's instantaneous.
Quote examples
Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.
Quote examples
Anand Giridharadas
American Author
The American television punditocracy - the pollsters, political consultants and other talking heads who become as ubiquitous as air every election cycle - can be incestuous and herdlike.
Quote examples
Diane Lane
American Actress
It's all so confusing and incestuous and curious, the trail that actors wander through in the course of their careers and how stories overlap. It's funny.
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Petina Gappah
Zimbabwean Writer
Publishing can be a cliquish and incestuous business; it is not uncommon for writers from the same agencies and publishers to review each other.
Quote examples
Penelope Keith
British Actress
So often actors only mix with actors, which is quite incestuous, and doesn't give them the insight into how other people work.
Quote examples
Jeanette Winterson
British Novelist
London is a small place, and it is very incestuous. People know where you live. Everybody is sort of on top of each other.
Quote examples
Branford Marsalis
American Musician
I think that one of the problems that jazz has is that it's so incestuous that it's starting to kill itself.
Quote examples
Jack Anderson
Journalist
The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.
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David Hallberg
American Dancer
Ballet is incestuous. This world is smaller than small.
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