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单词 incest
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Definition of incest in English:

incest

noun ˈɪnsɛstˈɪnˌsɛst
mass noun
  • 1Sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The theme of incest and sexual abuse is, unfortunately, a common one throughout the book.
    • Knowing incest is an ‘unclean’ act heightens the awareness of the taboo she is violating.
    • In fact, historical accounts of that culture and time would suggest that, in those overcrowded conditions, incest was extremely common.
    • Now, emperor is a royal title, bringing to mind divine bloodlines, elaborate coronations and incest.
    • None of the postwar psychoanalysts stated why they chose to investigate father-daughter incest.
    • That means that we are a bit of a village here in New Zealand, because of our population base, so the chances of accidental incest are increased.
    • All this raises the additional question of incest.
    • There would, of course, be none of the health concerns normally related to incest.
    • At times they verge on the gothic, with subjects including paedophilia, murder, incest and violence to name but a few sins.
    • Does it rest on the same fascination with incest and necrophilia as the original?
    • These are prescribed in cases of rape or incest as well as contraceptive failure.
    • It's not a book about incest - it's about something that is less than love.
    • There are also scenes of fighting, murder, incest, oral sex and cross-dressing.
    • Many girls and boys become involved in the sex trade because of family abuse - violence and incest at home drive them out onto the street.
    • We also show incest avoidance between closely related kin, as well as the influence of other factors on paternity in males.
    • They deal with infidelity, infertility and incest, as well as sacrifice and death.
    • The incest taboo means the absolute prohibition upon sexual relations between people related by blood.
    • We find that the sexual aspect of incest does not seem to be what attracts him to the act.
    • The novel breaks down the taboos and barriers against openly discussing incest and sexual abuse.
    • We respond to Oedipus' plight, which includes his own feelings of repulsion about incest, an evaluation which we may share.
    1. 1.1 The crime of having sexual intercourse with a parent, child, sibling, or grandchild.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • However, rape, sexual violation, and incest are not crimes that are now quaintly foreign or out of date in Aotearoa today, alas.
      • Maswana said rape, incest, abduction and indecent assault were the most commonly reported offences in this area.
      • Why don't we say and do something about escalating gross sexual crimes such as rape, child rape and incest?
      • He said many cases of incest and sexual abuse remain unreported and barely half of the reported cases make it through the court system.
      • Men convicted of incest are dragged across the village in a shaming procession.
      • At the moment, incest covers not simply sexual intercourse but any form of sexual connection.
      • Fairstein is credited with changing the way crimes like rape and incest were handled by the judicial system.
      • Such a reading would throw laws against fornication, adultery, and even adult incest into question.
      • This is when both rape and incest were declared as criminal offences with maximum punishment in 1995.
      • Ryan was arrested last month on suspicion of harassment after making accusations of incest.
      • There are other justifications for incest laws that might be more compelling.
      • Six executions of men convicted of incest have taken place since 1998.
      • The incest offenders were rated as being the most socially competent group, followed by child molesters.
      • Punishment for adultery, incest, rape and carnal knowledge, etc, was death.
      • Rape, incest, and maltreatment are the crimes dealt with in this study.
      • An Gisborne husband and wife have each been sentenced to five years jail for what's been described as one of the worst cases of incest in this country.
      • He was acquitted on both those counts, also attempted rape, also incest, but was found guilty of attempted incest.
      • There were no significant differences between child molesters and incest offenders.
      • Sexual crimes include all forms of adultery, incest, and forbidden intercourse with a Jewish woman.
      • As a result, rape in the home, with the exception of incest, is almost never punished.

Origin

Middle English: from Latin incestus, incestum 'unchastity, incest', from in- 'not' + castus 'chaste'.

 
 

Definition of incest in US English:

incest

nounˈɪnˌsɛstˈinˌsest
  • 1Sexual relations between people classed as being too closely related to marry each other.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • None of the postwar psychoanalysts stated why they chose to investigate father-daughter incest.
    • The novel breaks down the taboos and barriers against openly discussing incest and sexual abuse.
    • The incest taboo means the absolute prohibition upon sexual relations between people related by blood.
    • There are also scenes of fighting, murder, incest, oral sex and cross-dressing.
    • All this raises the additional question of incest.
    • We also show incest avoidance between closely related kin, as well as the influence of other factors on paternity in males.
    • We find that the sexual aspect of incest does not seem to be what attracts him to the act.
    • Knowing incest is an ‘unclean’ act heightens the awareness of the taboo she is violating.
    • There would, of course, be none of the health concerns normally related to incest.
    • The theme of incest and sexual abuse is, unfortunately, a common one throughout the book.
    • In fact, historical accounts of that culture and time would suggest that, in those overcrowded conditions, incest was extremely common.
    • We respond to Oedipus' plight, which includes his own feelings of repulsion about incest, an evaluation which we may share.
    • At times they verge on the gothic, with subjects including paedophilia, murder, incest and violence to name but a few sins.
    • These are prescribed in cases of rape or incest as well as contraceptive failure.
    • Many girls and boys become involved in the sex trade because of family abuse - violence and incest at home drive them out onto the street.
    • That means that we are a bit of a village here in New Zealand, because of our population base, so the chances of accidental incest are increased.
    • It's not a book about incest - it's about something that is less than love.
    • They deal with infidelity, infertility and incest, as well as sacrifice and death.
    • Does it rest on the same fascination with incest and necrophilia as the original?
    • Now, emperor is a royal title, bringing to mind divine bloodlines, elaborate coronations and incest.
    1. 1.1 The crime of having sexual intercourse with a parent, child, sibling, or grandchild.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was acquitted on both those counts, also attempted rape, also incest, but was found guilty of attempted incest.
      • Ryan was arrested last month on suspicion of harassment after making accusations of incest.
      • Rape, incest, and maltreatment are the crimes dealt with in this study.
      • As a result, rape in the home, with the exception of incest, is almost never punished.
      • There are other justifications for incest laws that might be more compelling.
      • Sexual crimes include all forms of adultery, incest, and forbidden intercourse with a Jewish woman.
      • Maswana said rape, incest, abduction and indecent assault were the most commonly reported offences in this area.
      • Men convicted of incest are dragged across the village in a shaming procession.
      • An Gisborne husband and wife have each been sentenced to five years jail for what's been described as one of the worst cases of incest in this country.
      • Fairstein is credited with changing the way crimes like rape and incest were handled by the judicial system.
      • Such a reading would throw laws against fornication, adultery, and even adult incest into question.
      • However, rape, sexual violation, and incest are not crimes that are now quaintly foreign or out of date in Aotearoa today, alas.
      • Six executions of men convicted of incest have taken place since 1998.
      • At the moment, incest covers not simply sexual intercourse but any form of sexual connection.
      • He said many cases of incest and sexual abuse remain unreported and barely half of the reported cases make it through the court system.
      • The incest offenders were rated as being the most socially competent group, followed by child molesters.
      • This is when both rape and incest were declared as criminal offences with maximum punishment in 1995.
      • Punishment for adultery, incest, rape and carnal knowledge, etc, was death.
      • Why don't we say and do something about escalating gross sexual crimes such as rape, child rape and incest?
      • There were no significant differences between child molesters and incest offenders.

Origin

Middle English: from Latin incestus, incestum ‘unchastity, incest’, from in- ‘not’ + castus ‘chaste’.

 
 
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