INCESTUOUS


Meaning of INCESTUOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnsestʃuəs ]

1.

An incestuous relationship is one involving sexual intercourse between two members of the same family, for example a father and daughter, or a brother and sister.

They accused her of an incestuous relationship with her father.

ADJ

2.

If you describe a group of people as incestuous , you disapprove of the fact that they are not interested in ideas or people from outside the group.

Its inhabitants are a close and incestuous lot...

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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