incestuous

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UK/ɪnˈsɛstjuəs/UK/ɪnˈsɛst͡ʃuəs/

adjective

Pertaining to or engaging in incest.

“If you engaged in an incestuous relationship with a family member, that would make you an inbreeder.”

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveincestuous (comparative more incestuous, superlative most 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.

    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
    1 more example

    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 large number of so-called journalists who work for Democrat politicians, who go back and forth between politics and journalism.

    2019 July 3, Omri Nahmias, Mark Levin, “Mark Levin, Unplugged”, in Mishpacha

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Englishincest
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ed-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₃édosder.?
  4. Englishincestuous

From incest + -ous.

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Translations

Catalan incestuós
  • incestuóspertaining to or engaging in incest
Czech krvesmilný
  • krvesmilnýpertaining to or engaging in incest
Dutch incestueus
  • incestueuspertaining to or engaging in incest
Finnish sukurutsainen
  • sukurutsainenpertaining to or engaging in incest
French incestueux
  • incestueuxpertaining to or engaging in incest
German inzestuös
  • inzestuöspertaining to or engaging in incest
Greek αιμομικτικός
  • αιμομικτικός (aimomiktikós)pertaining to or engaging in incest
Hungarian vérfertőző
  • vérfertőzőpertaining to or engaging in incest
Italian incestuoso, incestuale
  • incestuosopertaining to or engaging in incest
  • incestualepertaining to or engaging in incest
Latin incestus
  • incestuspertaining to or engaging in incest
Polish kazirodczy
  • kazirodczypertaining to or engaging in incest
Portuguese incestuoso
  • incestuosopertaining to or engaging in incest
Russian кровосмеси́тельный, инцестуо́зный
  • кровосмеси́тельный (krovosmesítelʹnyj)pertaining to or engaging in incest
  • инцестуо́зный (incestuóznyj)pertaining to or engaging in incest
Spanish incestuoso
  • incestuosopertaining to or engaging in incest
Swedish incestuös
  • incestuöspertaining to or engaging in incest
Ukrainian кровозмі́сний
  • кровозмі́сний (krovozmísnyj)pertaining to or engaging in incest
Welsh llosgachol
  • llosgacholpertaining to or engaging in incest
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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