pseudoincestuous
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pseudo- + incestuous.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]pseudoincestuous (comparative more pseudoincestuous, superlative most pseudoincestuous)
- 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.