nongrooming

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adjective

Not of or pertaining to grooming between animals.

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Meanings

adjectivenongrooming (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot of or pertaining to grooming between animals.

    An increase in nongrooming contact, including sociosexual behavior, following both food provision and aggressive incidents unrelated to food.

    1990, Jay R. Feierman, Pedophilia: biosocial dimensions

Origin

From non- + grooming.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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