bestialism

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noun

bestiality (sexual intercourse between human and animal)

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Meanings

nounbestialism (usually uncountable, plural bestialisms)

plural bestialisms

  1. uncountableusuallybestiality (sexual intercourse between human and animal)

    John Leedham had the unfortunate distinction of being the last person in Derbyshire to be hanged for a crime other than murder when he was executed for bestialism outside the Derby New County Gaol on 12th April 1833.

    2011, Alan Gunn, Essential Forensic Biology
  2. uncountableusuallybestialness; quality of being bestial or subhuman

Origin

From bestial + -ism.

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APA

bestialism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bestialism

MLA

“bestialism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bestialism. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bestialism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bestialism.

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