English Dictionary

Westermarck effect

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

幼少期に共同生活を送った者同士が、成長後に互いに対して性的魅力を感じなくなるという仮説的な心理現象（近親相姦を避けるための一因として説明される）

Anthropologists often cite the Westermarck effect as a biological explanation for why siblings who grow up together rarely develop sexual attraction to each other.

人類学者はしばしば、幼少期の同居によって後の性的魅力が減退するという効果を、兄弟姉妹が一緒に育ってもほとんど性的魅力を抱かない理由として挙げる。

意味（1）

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.