Etymology

zoosadism

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Today it means: The deriving of sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals. Full definition →

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The story

From zoo- + sadism; coined by German psychoanalyst Ernest Borneman.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.