pseudoincestuous

English

Etymology

From pseudo- +‎ incestuous.

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Adjective

pseudoincestuous (comparative more pseudoincestuous, superlative most pseudoincestuous)

1. Of, related to, or involving pseudoincest.
   • 1963, Donald Webster Cory, Robert E. L. Masters, editors, Violation of Taboo: Incest in the Great Literature of the Past and Present‎^[1], page 17:

     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.

   • 1998, Paul Schellinger, editor, Encyclopedia of the Novel‎^[2], volume 1, page 779:

     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.

   • 2010, Tomoko Aoyama, Judy Wakabayashi, “Identity and Relationships in Translated Japanese Literature”, in Carol Maier, Françoise Massardier-Kenney, editors, Literature in Translation: Teaching Issues and Reading Practices‎^[3], page 106:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:pseudoincestuous.

Related terms

• pseudoincest