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31incest — Sexual intercourse, either habitual or in a single instance, and either under form of marriage or without it, between persons too closely related in consanguinity or affinity to be entitled to intermarry; sexual intercourse between persons so… …
32incest — [13] Etymologically, incest is virtually the same word as unchaste. It was borrowed from Latin incestus, a noun use of an adjective formed from the negative prefix in and castus ‘pure’ (source of English chaste). The Latin word denoted… …
33Incest in popular culture — Incest is a somewhat popular topic in English erotic fiction; there are entire collections and websites devoted solely to this genre, with an entire genre of pornographic pulp fiction known as incest novels . This is probably because, as with… …
34Incest in folklore — is found in many cultures.In Greek mythology, Zeus and Hera were brother and sister as well as husband and wife. They were the children of Cronus and Rhea (also married siblings). Cronus and Rhea, in turn, were children of Uranus and Gaia (a son… …
35Incest between twins — is a subclass of sibling incest and includes both heterosexual and homosexual relationships. In traditional Balinese culture, for example, a set of twins of the opposite sex were forced to marry each other, since it was assumed that they had had… …
36Incest pornography — is a genre of pornography involving the depiction of sexual interaction between relatives (aka incest). Incest pornography can feature actual relatives, but the main type of this pornography simply uses actors of similar looks to suggest family… …
37incest taboo — noun (behaviourism) A strong negative social sanction that forbids sexual relations between members of the same immediate family • • • Main Entry: ↑incest …
38Incest taboo — The incest taboo refers to the cultural prohibition of sexual activity or marriage between persons defined as close relatives commonly called incest; the degree of which is determined by the society in which the persons live. Various theories… …
39Incest (book) — Infobox Book name = Incest title orig = translator = image caption = author = Anaïs Nin illustrator = cover artist = country = language = English series = subject = genre = Memoir, Diary publisher = Harcourt release date = October 1992 english… …
40incest — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin incestus sexual impurity, from incestus impure, from in + castus pure more at caste Date: 13th century sexual intercourse between persons so closely related that they are forbidden by law to marry; also… …
