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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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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 Oct. 22, 2012

For years, most scientists discounted a contrary suggestion by Finnish Anthropologist Edward Westermarck that close childhood association discourages erotic feeling.

From Time Magazine Archive

Unmarried himself, Dr. Edward Alexander Westermarck is eminently equipped to support his point of view, has written on the subject of marriage for the past 47 years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Westermarck, Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, ii, 658.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow

Westermarck, Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, chap. xliii.

From Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV by Morris Jastrow

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