incestophobia

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noun

Fear, dislike or hatred of incest.

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Meanings

nounincestophobia (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableFear, dislike or hatred of incest.

    In light of this, why shouldn't we repent of our incestophobia and dogophobia?

    2003, Dana Prescott, “Re: Watch The "Fundies" Fidget!”, in alt.religion.christian.episcopal (Usenet)
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    Meaningful discriminations on the basis of age ("pedophobia"), genetics ("incestophobia"), species ("zoophobia") and yes, sex ("homophobia")

    2000, Christopher watson, “Re: Liberate a "Yes on 22" sign today.”, in ba.motss (Usenet)

    […] attribute the opposition to incest to a phobia--but not the same phobia. great. we'll call it incestophobia and move on. i thought that presented a problem for a poster who was describing opponents of gay marriage as "phobes" but himself

    2009, Enos Penvy, “re: is homosexuality genetic? ask the ancient greeks”, in alt.politics.homosexuality (Usenet)

Origin

From incest + -o- + -phobia.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

insectophobia
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APA

incestophobia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incestophobia

MLA

“incestophobia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incestophobia. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “incestophobia,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/incestophobia.

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