theroidadj.
/ˈθɪərɔɪd/ Like or having the form of a brute; of bestial nature or character.
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sin-wooda1325
wanton sick1602
affective1858
theroid1867
fetishized1889
fetish1901
negativistic1902
pseudo-homosexual1908
involutional1910
regressive1911
lata1913
sadomasochistic1921
rejected1931
catathymic1934
acting-out1945
nemesistic1945
sadomasochist1945
acted-out1996
1867 H. Maudsley Physiol. & Pathol. of Mind 291 The theroid degenerations of mankind are pathological specimens.
1870 H. Maudsley Body & Mind 47 There is a class of idiots which may justly be designated theroid, so like brutes are the members of it.
1886 N. Pearson in 19th Cent. Sept. 353 The animal mind of the theroid idiot is accompanied by appropriate animal peculiarities of body.
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