zoophilia

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noun

A paraphilia involving the sexual attraction of people to non-human animals.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:zoophilia.”

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zoophilism
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Meanings

nounzoophilia (countable and uncountable, plural zoophilias)

plural zoophilias · alternative dated zoöphilia

  1. countableuncountableA paraphilia involving the sexual attraction of people to non-human animals.
    1. InternetbroadlycountableproscribeduncountableSexual attraction of people to any sort of animal regardless of anthropomorphism.
  2. countablederogatoryuncommonuncountableExcessive fondness for animals.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:zoophilia.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna sexual attraction to animals

Similar
zoophilism
Broader
paraphilia
Also see
sodomyzoophilism

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From zoo- + -philia.

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Translations

Basque zoofilia
  • zoofiliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Bengali পশুকামিতা
  • পশুকামিতা (pośukamita)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Bulgarian зоофи́лия
  • зоофи́лия (zoofílija)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Catalan zoofília
  • zoofíliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Chinese Mandarin 動物戀 /动物恋, 戀獸癖 /恋兽癖
  • 動物戀 /动物恋 (dòngwùliàn)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • 戀獸癖 /恋兽癖 (liànshòupǐ)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Czech zoofilie
  • zoofiliesexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Danish zoofili
  • zoofilisexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Dutch zoöfilie
  • zoöfiliesexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Esperanto zoofilio
  • zoofiliosexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Estonian zoofiilia
  • zoofiiliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Finnish zoofilia, eläimiin sekaantuminen
  • zoofiliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • eläimiin sekaantuminensexual attraction to or interaction with animals
French zoophilie
  • zoophiliesexual attraction to or interaction with animals
German Zoophilie
  • Zoophiliesexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Greek ζωοφιλία
  • ζωοφιλία (zoofilía)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Hebrew זואופיליה
  • זואופיליהsexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Hindi पशुरति, पशु-अनुरक्ति
  • पशुरति (paśurti)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • पशु-अनुरक्ति (paśu-anurakti)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Hungarian zoofília
  • zoofíliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Italian zoofilia
  • zoofiliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Japanese ズーフィリア
  • ズーフィリア (zūfiria)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Lithuanian zoofilija
  • zoofilijasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Norwegian zoofili
  • zoofilisexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Persian زوفیلیا
  • زوفیلیاsexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Polish zoofilia, sodomia
  • zoofiliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
  • sodomiasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Portuguese zoofilia
  • zoofiliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Romanian zoofilie
  • zoofiliesexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Russian зоофили́я
  • зоофили́я (zoofilíja)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Slovak zoofília
  • zoofíliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Spanish zoofilia
  • zoofiliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Swedish zoofili
  • zoofilisexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Thai อาการกระสันสัตว์
  • อาการกระสันสัตว์sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Turkish zoofili
  • zoofilisexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Ukrainian зоофі́лія
  • зоофі́лія (zoofílija)sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Vietnamese ái thú
  • ái thúsexual attraction to or interaction with animals
Welsh söoffilia
  • söoffiliasexual attraction to or interaction with animals

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with zoophilia

pedophiliahaemophilianecrophiliaphiliacoprophiliajuveniliaklismaphiliaandrophiliaaptophiliaaquaphiliaasphyxiophiliaautoandrogynemorphophiliaautoandrophiliaautogynandromorphophiliaautogynephiliaautonepiophiliabibliophiliabiophiliaclaustrophiliadiscophiliaephebophiliaeproctophiliageophiliagerontophilia
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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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