bestiality
pronunciation
How to pronounce bestiality in British English:
UK [ˌbestiˈæləti]
How to pronounce bestiality in American English:
US [ˌbestʃiˈæləti]
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- Noun:
- sexual activity between a person and an animal
Word Origin
- bestiality (n.)
- late 14c., "the nature of beasts," from bestial + -ity. Meaning "indulgence in beastly instincts" is from 1650s; sense of "sexual activity with a beast" is from 1611 (KJV).
Example
- 1. Forced to pick , would you choose necrophilia , coprophilia , bestiality ?
- 2. The roman attitude towards bestiality was so relaxed that many roman citizens indulged in it , up to and including their goddamn emperor .
- 3. Erect , haughty , brilliant , he flaunted abroad in open day the superhuman bestiality of a ferocious archangel .
- 4. The unspeakable bestiality of auschwitz and the other death camps led many people to reject their faith in the fundamental goodness of humanity .
- 5. And the author deeply points out the source of the struggle between bestiality and humanity , that is the genetic law .