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pseudoincestuous

adj

Etymology

From pseudo- + incestuous.

  1. learned borrowing from incestus
  2. suffixed as incestuous — “incest + ous”
  3. prefixed as pseudoincestuous — “pseudo + incestuous”

Definitions

  1. Of, related to, or involving pseudoincest.

    • Another development of what might be termed a pseudoincestuous situation is described by Pamela Frankau in Ask Me No More, where there is an involvement between a woman and her ex-husband's son.
    • However, married to Lolita’s mother, he has forfeited any claim to real affection by his pseudoincestuous violation of the bond between child and stepfather which has deprived Lolita of her childhood.
    • This aspect of the narrative introduces not only a kind of oedipal theme but also a pseudoincestuous relationship with Fujitsubo, the new favorite of Genji’s father, the emperor, after Kiritsubo’s death.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA