How do you use Westermarck in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Westermarck in a sentence
Using Westermarck
- In the example corpus, westermarck often appears in combinations such as: westermarck effect, the westermarck.
Context around Westermarck
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Westermarck
- In this selection, "westermarck" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, taboo and effect stand out and add context to how "westermarck" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include against the westermarck effect and confirmed the westermarck effect. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "westermarck" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aapp, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with westermarck
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That's the Westermarck Effect. (5 words)
The most widely held hypothesis proposes that the so-called Westermarck effect discourages adults from engaging in sexual relations with individuals with whom they grew up. (26 words)
London: Macmillan Melford Spiro argued that his observations that unrelated children reared together on Israeli Kibbutzim nevertheless avoided one another as sexual partners confirmed the Westermarck effect. (27 words)
He suggested that concepts such as art appreciation, fear of snakes, or the incest taboo ( Westermarck effect ) could be studied by scientific methods of the natural sciences and be part of interdisciplinary research. (33 words)
Of these 200 marriages, five were between men and women who had been reared together for the first six years of their lives, which would argue against the Westermarck effect. (30 words)
London: Macmillan Melford Spiro argued that his observations that unrelated children reared together on Israeli Kibbutzim nevertheless avoided one another as sexual partners confirmed the Westermarck effect. (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
That's the Westermarck Effect.
He suggested that concepts such as art appreciation, fear of snakes, or the incest taboo ( Westermarck effect ) could be studied by scientific methods of the natural sciences and be part of interdisciplinary research.
London: Macmillan Melford Spiro argued that his observations that unrelated children reared together on Israeli Kibbutzim nevertheless avoided one another as sexual partners confirmed the Westermarck effect.
Of these 200 marriages, five were between men and women who had been reared together for the first six years of their lives, which would argue against the Westermarck effect.
The most widely held hypothesis proposes that the so-called Westermarck effect discourages adults from engaging in sexual relations with individuals with whom they grew up.
Common combinations with westermarck
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: