incestuous

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incestuous

  • /ɪnˈsɛstjuəs/ UK
  • /ɪnˈsɛst͡ʃuəs/ UK
  • /ɪnˈsɛst͡ʃuəs/ US

adjective more incestuous · most incestuous

  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 lar

Similar: incestual, incesty

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adj pertaining to or engaging in incest

Españolincestuoso
Portuguêsincestuoso
Françaisincestueux
Deutschinzestuös
Italianoincestuoso, incestuale
Ελληνικάαιμομικτικός aimomiktikós
Русскийкровосмеси́тельный krovosmesítelʹnyj, инцестуо́зный incestuóznyj

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@misc{incestuous_2026,
  title = {incestuous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/incestuous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}