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bestialist

bestialist noun: a person who has sexual relations with non-human animals.

Noun

bestialist (plural bestialists)

  1. A person who has sexual relations with non-human animals.
    • Andrew Sullivan attacks the first premise by arguing that PIB and homosexuality are importantly different, because there are “constitutional” homosexuals, but not constitutional polygamists, “incestualists,” or “bestialists.”2005, J. Corvino, Homosexuality and the PIB Argument
    Synonyms:
    zoophile, zoosexual

Synonyms of bestialist

Forms of bestialist

pluralbestialists

Origin of bestialist

From bestial + -ist.

Questions about bestialist

What does bestialist mean?
Bestialist means a person who has sexual relations with non-human animals.
What part of speech is bestialist?
Bestialist is a noun.
What is the plural of bestialist?
The plural of bestialist is bestialists.

Words near bestialist in the dictionary

  1. bestialised
  2. bestialises
  3. bestialising
  4. bestialism
  5. bestialisms
  6. bestialist
  7. bestialists
  8. bestialities
  9. bestiality
  10. bestialization
  11. bestialize

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