pseudoincestuous
adjEtymology From pseudo- + incestuous.
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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.1963, Donald Webster Cory, Robert E. L. Masters, editors, Violation of Taboo: Incest in the Great Literature of the Past and Present, page 17:
- 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.1998, Paul Schellinger, editor, Encyclopedia of the Novel, volume 1, page 779:
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- 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.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, page 106:
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