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Bestiality

//ˈbɛstʃəlˌlɪtɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Sexual activity between a human and another animal species. countable, uncountable

    "Less common, but still frequent, are erect penises, more complete female nudes, copulations, and even scenes of bestiality."

  2. 2
    sexual activity between a person and an animal wordnet
  3. 3
    Bestial nature, savagery, inhumanity, like (or akin to) an animal's. countable, uncountable

    "the pitiful inadequacy of the reforms and the bestiality of the white society"

  4. 4
    the stupid brutal quality of a beast wordnet
  5. 5
    Any abstract entity similar to a beast. countable, dated, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A status of lower animal. archaic, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    An animal-like instinct or behaviour. archaic, countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A mark, trait, or emblem of a beast. archaic, countable, uncountable

Etymology

From bestial + -ity.

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