zoophilism

zoophilism
Fondness for animals, especially an extravagant fondness for them.
- erotic z. the deriving of sexual pleasure by patting or stroking animals. SEE ALSO: zoophilia, bestiality.

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zo·oph·i·lism zō-'äf-ə-.liz-əm n attraction to or preference for animals: as
a) ZOOPHILIA
b) preference by an insect of lower animals to humans as a source of food

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n.
sexual attraction to animals, which may be manifest in stroking and fondling animals or in sexual intercourse (bestiality).
zoophilic adj.

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zoo·phil·ism (zo-ofґĭ-liz-əm) 1. fondness for animals; antivivisection. 2. the state of being zoophilic.

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