bestiality
bes·ti·al·i·ty
noun \ˌbes-chē-ˈa-lə-tē, ˌbesh-, ˌbēs-, ˌbēsh-\ plural bes·ti·al·i·ties
Definition of BESTIALITY
1
: the condition or status of a lower animal
2
: display or gratification of bestial traits or impulses
3
: sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal
Examples of BESTIALITY
- I was shocked by the bestiality of their behavior.
- <by the end of hostilities the populace had been reduced to a level of bestiality that would have been unthinkable before the war>
First Known Use of BESTIALITY
14th century
Related to BESTIALITY
- Synonyms
- animalism, animality, beastliness, brutality, brutishness, swinishness
Rhymes with BESTIALITY
abnormality, actuality, amorality, animality, atonality, axiality, bilinguality, bimodality, bipedality, cardinality, classicality, coevality, comicality, commonality, communality, conjugality, cordiality, corporality, criminality, criticality, ethicality, externality, factuality, farcicality, fictionality, functionality, generality, geniality, hospitality, ideality, illegality, immorality, immortality, informality, integrality, internality, irreality, joviality, lexicality, liberality, lineality, literality, logicality, lognormality, marginality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, notionality, nuptiality, optimality, parfocality, partiality, personality, physicality, practicality, principality, prodigality, punctuality, quizzicality, rationality, seasonality, sensuality, sexuality, siege mentality, sociality, speciality, subnormality, surreality, technicality, temporality, textuality, topicality, triviality, typicality, unmorality, unreality, verticality, virtuality, whimsicality
bes·ti·al·i·ty
noun \ˌbes-chē-ˈal-ət-ē, ˌbēs-\ (Medical Dictionary)plural ; bes·ti·al·i·ties
Medical Definition of BESTIALITY
: sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal
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