bestiality

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bestiality

  • /ˈbɛstʃəlˌlɪtɪ/ UK
  • /ˈbistiˌælɪti/ US
  • /ˌbist͡ʃiˈælɪti/ US
  • /ˌbɛst͡ʃiˈælɪti/ US

Rhymes with -ælɪti

noun bestialities · beastiality

  1. countable, uncountable Sexual activity between a human and another animal species. Less common, but still frequent, are erect penises, more complete female nudes, copulations, and even scenes of bestiality.
  2. countable, uncountable Bestial nature, savagery, inhumanity, like (or akin to) an animal's. the pitiful inadequacy of the reforms and the bestiality of the white society
  3. countable, dated, uncountable Any abstract entity similar to a beast.
  4. archaic, countable, uncountable A status of lower animal.
  5. archaic, countable, uncountable An animal-like instinct or behaviour.
  6. archaic, countable, uncountable A mark, trait, or emblem of a beast.

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noun sexual activity with animals

Españolbestialidad, bestialismo, zoofilia
한국어수간 sugan
日本語獣姦 jūkan
中文獸姦 /兽奸 shòujiān, 人獸交 /人兽交 rénshòujiāo
हिन्दीपशुगमन paśugman, तिर्यग्योनिगमन tiryagyonigman
Portuguêszoofilia, bestialidade, bestialismo
Françaiszoophilie, bestialité
DeutschSodomie, Zoophilie
Italianozoofilia
Ελληνικάκτηνοβασία ktinovasía
Românăbestialitate
Русскийскотоло́жество skotolóžestvo, скотоло́жство skotolóžstvo, зоофили́я zoofilíja
العربيةبَهِيمِيّة bahīmiyya
עבריתמִשְׁכַּב בְּהֵמָה mishkáv behemá

noun bestial nature

DeutschBestialität

noun status of animal

Españolbestialidad
Portuguêsbestialidade
Françaisbestialité
Românăbestialitate
Русскийско́тство skótstvo, зве́рство zvérstvo

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@misc{bestiality_2026,
  title = {bestiality},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bestiality},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}