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bes·ti·al·i·ty

(bĕs′chē-ăl′ĭ-tē, bēs′-)

n. pl. bes·ti·al·i·ties

1. The quality or condition of being an animal or like an animal.

2. Conduct or an action marked by depravity or brutality.

3. Sexual relations between a human and an animal.

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bestiality

(ˌbɛstɪˈælɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. bestial behaviour, character, or action

2. (Law) sexual activity between a person and an animal

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bes•ti•al•i•ty

(ˌbɛs tʃiˈæl ɪ ti, ˌbis-)

n., pl. -ties.

1. brutish or beastly character or behavior.

2. indulgence in beastlike appetites.

3. an instance of bestial character or behavior.

4. sexual relations between a person and an animal.

[1350–1400; Middle English (< Anglo-French, Middle French) < Medieval Latin]

bestiality

a debased brutality, the opposite of humane activity: “I have lost the immortal part of myself, and what remains is bestial.” (Othello). See also sex.

bestiality

noun

1. brutality, atrocity, cruelty, ferocity, savagery, ruthlessness, barbarism, depravity, inhumanity, barbarity, viciousness, carnality, brutishness, beastliness, bloodthirstiness, savageness He now became accustomed to the bestiality of his troops.

2. zoophilia, zooerastia a video featuring bestiality

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

bestiality

noun

1. Degrading, immoral acts or habits:

corruption, depravity, flagitiousness, immorality, perversion, turpitude, vice, villainousness, villainy, wickedness.

2. A cruel act or an instance of cruel behavior:

barbarity, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, savagery, truculence, truculency.

Translations

Sodomie

eläimeen sekaantumineneläimellisyys

bestialità

зоофилия скотоложество

bestiality

[ˌbestɪˈælɪtɪ] N (= behaviour) → bestialidad f; (sexual) → bestialismo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bestiality

[ˌbɛstiˈælɪti] n

(formal) (= bad behaviour) → bestialité f

(= sexual activity) → bestialité fbest man n → garçon m d'honneur

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

bestiality

(of behaviour) → Bestialität f; (of person) → Brutalität f

(= act) → Gräueltat f

(= sex with animals) → Sodomie f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bestiality

[bɛstɪˈælɪtɪ] n → bestialità

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

bes·ti·al·i·ty

n. bestialidad, relaciones sexuales con animales.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

bestiality

n bestialidad f

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Not even the bestiality of the allusion could bring him back to earth.

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I drank every day, and whenever opportunity offered I drank to excess; for I still laboured under the misconception that the secret of John Barleycorn lay in drinking to bestiality and unconsciousness.

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Great armies of them are toiling now at the building of Ardis, housed in wretched barracks where family life cannot exist, and where decency is displaced by dull bestiality. In all truth, there in the labor- ghettos is the roaring abysmal beast the oligarchs fear so dreadfully--but it is the beast of their own making.

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I still had much to learn as to the depths of cruelty and bestiality to which omnipotence may drag its possessor.

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The combination of bestiality and humanity was oftentimes pathetic, and again grotesque or horrible.

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Never have I seen features so deeply marked with all bestiality and cruelty.

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It grazed the tawny shoulder, inflicting a flesh wound which aroused all the terrific bestiality of the carnivore, and the lion charged.

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Mr Vaughan Buckley said McDonnell had posted 3,500 comments on bestiality forums and his computer also revealed 1.5 billion search hits for bestiality.

WOMAN DIED AFTER HAVING SEX WITH DOG; Pet owner admits bestiality charge

There were also 2,965 extreme pornographic images and 46 movies involving acts of bestiality.

Children's drama group leader is jailed over 'distressing' pornography

A 53-YEAR-OLD teacher who stored more than 50,000 indecent internet images of children -including more than 20 containing scenes of sadism and bestiality -has been jailed for 14 months.

Teacher downloaded 50,000 porn images

Perhaps Quinton thinks Shakespeare his next best collaborator: with its bestiality, its husband and wife struggling over "a lovely boy," its partner-swapping couples, and, of course, its fairies, A Midsummer Night's Dream is just as polymorphously perverse as As You Like It--more so.

Into the woods

An affidavit that contained details about the allegations said Manzanares began "introducing her to bestiality videos, bestiality forums, as well as providing her different literature on bestiality," according to (https://kdvr.com/2018/10/16/aurora-man-sentenced-to-6-months-in-jail-for-having-sex-with-dog-dog-to-be-euthanized/) a report in Fox 31 .

Man Jailed For Bestiality, Dog To Be Euthanized

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Noun	1.	bestiality - the stupid brutal quality of a beast inhumaneness, inhumanity - the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others
	2.	bestiality - sexual activity between a person and an animal zooerastia, zooerasty sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat"