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zoosadism

zoosadism noun: the deriving of sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals.

Noun

zoosadism (uncountable)

  1. The deriving of sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals.

zoosadism meaning in Tamil

zoosadism in Tamil

விலங்கோடு பாலுறவு, விலங்கை துன்புறுத்தலில் இன்பம்

Origin of zoosadism

From zoo- + sadism; coined by German psychoanalyst Ernest Borneman.

Words formed from zoosadism

Questions about zoosadism

What does zoosadism mean?
Zoosadism means the deriving of sexual pleasure from cruelty to animals.
What is zoosadism in Tamil?
Zoosadism in Tamil is விலங்கோடு பாலுறவு, விலங்கை துன்புறுத்தலில் இன்பம். See Zoosadism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is zoosadism?
Zoosadism is a noun.

Words near zoosadism in the dictionary

  1. zooregions
  2. zooremediation
  3. zoorkhaneh
  4. zoorkhanehs
  5. zoos
  6. zoosadism
  7. zoosadist
  8. zoosadistic
  9. zoosadists
  10. zoosanitary
  11. zoosanitation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: zoosadism (page history and authors); zoosadism (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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