Used occasionally in literature or social critique to describe self-contained systems that feed on themselves without external input.
But concealment does not equal healing. The secret repeats. The dynamic recurs. The family becomes a closed system where the same roles (abuser, victim, silent conspirator) are re-assigned in each generation. That is the psychological "ad infinitum"—not necessarily literal sexual incest repeating forever, but the pattern of boundary violation, shame, and repetition compulsion continuing until someone deliberately breaks the cycle. incestus ad infinitum meaning
In a literal sense, the phrase touches upon the oldest legal and social taboos in human history. Roman civil law, for instance, explicitly prohibited marriage between parents and children in the ascending or descending line ad infinitum The Law of Gods and Men : Ancient Romans classified such unions as (against the laws of gods and man). Genetic Decay Used occasionally in literature or social critique to