bestialism

English

Etymology

bestial +‎ -ism

Noun

bestialism (usually uncountable, plural bestialisms)

  1. bestiality (sexual intercourse between human and animal)
    • 2011, Alan Gunn, Essential Forensic Biology:
      John Leedham had the unfortunate distinction of being the last person in Derbyshire to be hanged for a crime other than murder when he was executed for bestialism outside the Derby New County Gaol on 12th April 1833.
  2. bestialness; quality of being bestial or subhuman
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