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单词 bestiality
释义 bes·ti·al·i·ty
\ˌbes(h)chēˈaləd.ē, bes(h)ˈchal-, -ēs-, -lətē, -i Brit usually & US sometimes ˌ ̷ ̷stiˈal-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English bestialite, from Middle French bestialité, from bestial + -ité -ity — more at bestial
1. : the condition of being a beast (sense 1b)
 < all this which marks the difference between bestiality and humanity … is because man remembers, preserving and recording his experiences — John Dewey >
2.
 a. : the display, gratification, or an instance of bestial traits or impulses
  < the bestiality and degradation that war brings — Drew Middleton >
  < the calculated bestialities of sadistic conquerors >
 b. : a debased brutalized condition of life
  < the bestiality of existence in a tenement jungle is well portrayed >
3. : sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal
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