zoophilia
/ˈzəʊ.əfɪliə/US/ˈzoʊ.əfiliə/
zoophilia noun: a paraphilia involving the sexual attraction of people to non-human animals.
Noun
zoophilia (countable and uncountable, plural zoophilias)
- A paraphilia involving the sexual attraction of people to non-human animals.
- Excessive fondness for animals.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:zoophilia.
zoophilia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
zoophilia in Hindi
- sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
- पशुरति paśurti, पशु-अनुरक्ति paśu-anurakti
zoophilia in Tamil
- விலங்குகளின்மேல் பாலீர்ப்பு, விலங்கினக்காதல், விலங்கினப் பற்று மிகைப்பு
zoophilia in Urdu
- جانور پسندی
zoophilia in Bengali
- sexual attraction to or interaction with animals
- পশুকামিতা pośukamita
More languagesFewer languages
- zoophilia in Telugu
- జూఫీలియా jūphīliyā
- zoophilia in Assamese
- পশুকামিতা poxukamita
- zoophilia in Pashto
- حيوانيت
- zoophilia in Persian
- زوفیلیا
- zoophilia in Thai
- อาการกระสันสัตว์
- zoophilia in Vietnamese
- ái thú
Forms of zoophilia
| plural | zoophilias |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | zoöphilia |
Origin of zoophilia
From zoo- + -philia.
Words formed from zoophilia
Words that rhyme with zoophilia
- aquaphilia
- bibliophilia
- biophilia
- microphilia
- necrophilia
- philia
- -philia
- ephebophilia
- geophilia
- gerontophilia
- pedophilia
- trichophilia
36 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- vorarephilia
- xenophilia
- androphilia
- aptophilia
- asphyxiophilia
- autoandrogynemorphophilia
- autoandrophilia
- autogynandromorphophilia
- autogynephilia
- autonepiophilia
- cilia
- claustrophilia
- coprophilia
- discophilia
- eproctophilia
- glossophilia
- haemophilia
- inflatophilia
- Japanophilia
- juvenilia
- Kabylia
- klismaphilia
- Laconophilia
- limnophilia
- lithophilia
- logophilia
- lygophilia
- macrophilia
- milia
- nyctophilia
- opacarophilia
- plushophilia
- scopophilia
- sillier
- teratophilia
- urophilia
Questions about zoophilia
- What does zoophilia mean?
- Zoophilia means a paraphilia involving the sexual attraction of people to non-human animals.
- What is zoophilia in Hindi?
- Zoophilia in Hindi is पशुरति (paśurti), पशु-अनुरक्ति (paśu-anurakti). See Zoophilia meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is zoophilia?
- Zoophilia is a noun.
- How do you pronounce zoophilia?
- Zoophilia is pronounced /ˈzəʊ.əfɪliə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of zoophilia?
- The plural of zoophilia is zoophilias.
Words near zoophilia in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: zoophilia (page history and authors); zoophilia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); zoophilia (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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