anti-incest
anti-incest adjective: opposed to incest.
Adjective
anti-incest (comparative more anti-incest, superlative most anti-incest)
- Opposed to incest.
- The mistake on the part of the anti-incest taboo protagonists is not their insistence that we recognize the conventional features of our social arrangements […]1990, Jean Elshtein, Power Trips and Other Journeys
- Of course, most systems have some failure rate — incest does occur, because innate behaviors direct rather than dictate (chimps also have an occasional anti-incest failure).2005, Dale Guthrie, The Nature of Paleolithic Art, page 449
Forms of anti-incest
| comparative | more anti-incest |
|---|---|
| superlative | most anti-incest |
| alternative form | antiincest |
Origin of anti-incest
From anti- + incest.
Questions about anti-incest
- What does anti-incest mean?
- Anti-incest means opposed to incest.
- What part of speech is anti-incest?
- Anti-incest is an adjective.
Words near anti-incest in the dictionary
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