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
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is
essential is invisible to the eye.