incest
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incest
- /ˈɪn.sɛst/
Rhymes with -ɪnsɛst
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin incestus. Displaced Old English mǣġhǣmed (literally “relative-sex”). Doublet of inchaste.
noun incests
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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.
Similar: inbreeding · Opposite: outbreeding
- Romantic relationships between close relatives, also widely taboo.
verb incests · incesting · incested
- To engage in incestuous sexual activities. I do not want anyone to feel that my lesbianism is a result of being incested.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: granddaughter, abuse, intermarriage, consanguinity, interbreeding, inbreeding, incestuousness, endogamy, sibling incest, blood relations, pseudoincest, incestism, incestual, step-incest, consanguinamory, wincest
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noun sexual relations between close relatives
| Español | incesto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 근친상간 geunchinsanggan |
| 日本語 | 近親相姦 kinshin sōkan, インセスト insesuto |
| 中文 | 亂倫 /乱伦 luànlún, 近親相姦 /近亲相奸 jìnqīn xiāngjiān, 骨科 gǔkē |
| हिन्दी | अगम्यागमन agamyāgman, अगम्यगमन agamyagman, सगोत्रगमन sagotragman, अजाचार ajācār, कुड़ुमचोदी kuṛumcodī |
| Português | incesto |
| Français | inceste |
| Deutsch | Inzest |
| Italiano | incesto |
| Ελληνικά | αδελφομιξία adelfomixía, αιμομιξία aimomixía |
| Română | incest |
| Русский | инце́ст incést, кровосмеше́ние krovosmešénije |
| Tiếng Việt | loạn luân |
| العربية | زِنَا مَحَارِم zinā maḥārim, سِفَاح الْقُرْبَى sifāḥ al-qurbā |
| עברית | גִלוּי עֲרָיוֹת |
Talk about this word "incest." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/incest. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. incest. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/incest "incest." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/incest.Cite this
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title = {incest},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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