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zoophilism

zoophilism noun: an affection for non-human animals.

Noun

zoophilism (uncountable)

  1. An affection for non-human animals
    • Zoophilism bears witness to a new human being, one who no longer fears nature.2002, Dario Martinelli, How Musical Is a Whale?, page 76
  2. A preference of a parasite or vector to feed on non-human animals
    • They make the interesting suggestion that since cattle are rare in Kigezi christyi has had to abandon its zoophilism and become anthropophilic.1951, Meillon de Botha, “Species and varieties of malaria vectors in Africa and their bionomics”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 421
  3. Zoophilia, a sexual inclination towards bestiality

zoophilism meaning in Tamil

zoophilism in Tamil

விலங்கினத்தில் அன்பு கொள்வதால் பாலின்பம், விலங்கின்பில் பாலின்பம்

Origin of zoophilism

From zoo- + -philism.

Questions about zoophilism

What does zoophilism mean?
Zoophilism means an affection for non-human animals.
What is zoophilism in Tamil?
Zoophilism in Tamil is விலங்கினத்தில் அன்பு கொள்வதால் பாலின்பம், விலங்கின்பில் பாலின்பம். See Zoophilism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zoophilism?
Zoophilism is a noun.

Words near zoophilism in the dictionary

  1. zoophile
  2. zoophiles
  3. zoophilia
  4. zoophilias
  5. zoophilic
  6. zoophilism
  7. zoophilist
  8. zoophilists
  9. zoophilite
  10. zoophilites
  11. zoophilous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zoophilism (page history and authors); zoophilism (Tamil 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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