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incestuous

/ɪnˈsɛstjuəs/US/ɪnˈsɛst͡ʃuəs/

incestuous adjective: pertaining to or engaging in incest.

Adjective

incestuous (comparative more incestuous, superlative 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...2019 July 3, Omri Nahmias, Mark Levin, “Mark Levin, Unplugged”, in Mishpacha
    • Democrats have the luxury of controlling the public narrative, thanks, in large part, to their incestuous relationship with the news media.2019 November 14, Tim Bryce, “What I Have Learned About the Democrats”, in Bryce on Politics, LinkedIn

incestuous meaning in Tamil

incestuous in Tamil

தடை செய்யப்பட்ட, தகா, கூடா

Examples of incestuous in a sentence

  • "Consanguinamory," is Shy's term for incestuous relationships, which she says should be legalized and recognized as "marriage."
  • She is placed at the end of generations: an antigenerative force, childless, perverted, an incestuous offspring.
  • Those stereotypes of you backwoods gun fondlers being incestuous inbreeders didn't come to be on account of me.

All 10 example sentences with incestuous

Synonyms of incestuous

Forms of incestuous

comparativemore incestuous
superlativemost incestuous

Origin of incestuous

From incest + -ous.

Words formed from incestuous

Questions about incestuous

What does incestuous mean?
Incestuous means pertaining to or engaging in incest.
What is incestuous in Tamil?
Incestuous in Tamil is தடை செய்யப்பட்ட, தகா, கூடா. See Incestuous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is incestuous?
Incestuous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce incestuous?
Incestuous is pronounced /ɪnˈsɛstjuəs/ (UK).

Words near incestuous in the dictionary

  1. incestualized
  2. incestualizes
  3. incestualizing
  4. incestually
  5. incestuals
  6. incestuous
  7. incestuously
  8. incestuousness
  9. incesty
  10. inch
  11. inch along

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