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Westermarck

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[wes-ter-mahrk, ves-tuhr-mahrk] / ˈwɛs tərˌmɑrk, ˈvɛs tərˌmɑrk /

noun

  1. Edward Alexander 1862–1939, Finnish sociologist.


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There she lived the life of an artist: slept in a garret, worked hard and made lifelong friendships with Helena Westermarck, Maria Wiik and Ada Thilén, whom she called målarsystrarna, her “painter sisters”.

From The Guardian

Certainly, there are exceptions…but the Westermarck Effect is most definitely a real thing, it has very solid scientific support, and such exceptions are exceedingly rare.

From Slate

By Helena Westermarck, Critic and Painter ART in Finland, pictorial art, like much else in that country, is a young growth.

From Project Gutenberg

She ought to read Westermarck's History of Human Marriage before she tackles Bebel's Woman.

From Project Gutenberg

But variations here, as Westermarck elsewhere, would naturally present themselves, and those of our ancestors who avoided in and in breeding would survive,” while the others would die out.

From Project Gutenberg