Associations to the word «Westermarck»
Noun
- Taboo
- Midsummer
- Morocco
- Anthropologist
- Sociologist
- Cites
- Aversion
- Assertion
- Helsinki
- Helena
- Lore
- Darwin
- Marriage
- Ethic
- Freud
- Savage
- Edward
- Vols
- Custom
- Ritual
- Spencer
- Philosopher
- Remark
- Curse
- Australian
- Attraction
- Folk
- Choice
- Affection
- Liberty
- Decoration
- Origin
- Effect
- Theory
- Regard
- Tribe
- Passion
- Phenomenon
- Observation
- Belief
- Footnote
- Idea
- Native
- Argument
- Emotion
- Indian
- Fact
- Definition
- Page
- Birth
- Chapter
- Race
- Evidence
- Instance
- History
- Alexander
- Relationship
- Religion
- Say
- Husband
- View
- Girl
- Development
- Woman
- Western
- Africa
- Claim
Adverb
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Wiktionary
WESTERMARCK EFFECT, noun. A hypothetical psychological effect through which people who live in close domestic proximity during the first few years of their lives become desensitized to later sexual attraction. It is one explanation for the incest taboo.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.