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bestiality

bes·ti·al·i·ty
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bes-chee-al-i-tee, bees-]
    • /ˌbɛs tʃiˈæl ɪ ti, ˌbis-/
    • /ˌbes.tiˈæl.ə.ti/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bes-chee-al-i-tee, bees-]
    • /ˌbɛs tʃiˈæl ɪ ti, ˌbis-/

Definitions of bestiality word

  • uncountable noun bestiality Bestiality is disgusting behaviour. 3
  • uncountable noun bestiality Bestiality is sexual activity in which a person has sex with an animal. 3
  • noun bestiality bestial behaviour, character, or action 3
  • noun bestiality sexual activity between a person and an animal 3
  • noun bestiality bestial quality, character, or behavior 3
  • noun bestiality a bestial act or practice 3

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Origin of bestiality

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English bestial(i)te (< Anglo-French, Middle French) < Medieval Latin bēstiālitās. See bestial, -ity

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Parts of speech for Bestiality

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

bestiality popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for bestiality

noun bestiality

  • savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
  • brutality — Brutality is cruel and violent treatment or behaviour. A brutality is an instance of cruel and violent treatment or behaviour.
  • inhumanity — the state or quality of being inhuman or inhumane; cruelty.
  • barbarity — If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarity, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.
  • truculency — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.

Antonyms for bestiality

noun bestiality

  • kindness — the state or quality of being kind: kindness to animals.

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