pseudoincestuous
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, related to, or involving pseudoincest.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From pseudo- + incestuous.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more pseudoincestuous (comparative)
most pseudoincestuous (superlative)