Zooerastia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of a human engaging in sexual intercourse with an animal uncountable

    "A curious instance of perversion in religio-sexual feeling, bordering on zooerastia, is the case of St. Veronica."

  2. 2
    sexual activity between a person and an animal wordnet

Synonyms

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bestialityzooerastybestialityautoeroticismexhibitionismfetishism

Example

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"A curious instance of perversion in religio-sexual feeling, bordering on zooerastia, is the case of St. Veronica."

Etymology

From zoo- + -erastia.

Related phrases

sexual intercourse

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