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incestophilia

incestophilia noun: the love of incest.

Noun

incestophilia (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The love of incest.
    • Children show erotic ties to parents and brothers and sisters, though not before 4–6 years of age. Infantile incestophilia is manifested by sensations and phantasies; incestuous acts, even sexual acts, may occur among brothers and sisters.1922, International Medical and Surgical Survey: Urology
    • For example, there seems to actually be a disinclination to mate with a near relative (given alternatives) (and yes, various forms of incestophilia abound, but still). But it also seems not to be based on any perception of relatedness, at least not in humans, but rather on whether you were brought...2005, Dave Goldman, “Incest and genetics (was Re: Well-written good to evil conversions?)”, in rec.arts.sf.written (Usenet)

Origin of incestophilia

From incest + -o- + -philia.

Questions about incestophilia

What does incestophilia mean?
Incestophilia means the love of incest.
What part of speech is incestophilia?
Incestophilia is a noun.

Words near incestophilia in the dictionary

  1. incestious
  2. incestism
  3. incestlike
  4. incestophile
  5. incestophiles
  6. incestophilia
  7. incestophobe
  8. incestophobes
  9. incestophobia
  10. incestophobic
  11. incestous

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