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Zoophilia is a paraphilia in which a person experiences a sexual fixation on non-human animals. Bestiality instead refers to cross-species sexual activity ...
by J Bourke · 2019 · Cited by 7 — 'zoophilia', DSM-III described bestiality as a recognizable psychiatric disorder in which 'the act or fantasy of engaging in sexual activity i
Zoophilia, sexual attraction of a human toward a nonhuman animal, which may involve the experience of sexual fantasies about the animal.
an erotic fixation on animals that may result in sexual excitement through real or imagined contact. Browse Nearby Words. zoophagous. zoophilia.
by DJ Sendler · 2019 · Cited by 23 — Zoophilia describes sexual interest in non-human animals.1 The zoophilic disorder is the official diagnosis of the Diagnostic and Statistic
by H Miletski · 2017 · Cited by 41 — Zoophilia: Another Sexual Orientation? · My Study on Sexual Orientation Toward Animals · Affectional Orientation Toward Animals · Sexual
by F Bensto · 2023 · Cited by 3 — As one of our most deeply entrenched social taboos, zoophilia is widely considered to be wrong, and having sex with animals is illegal in many
Zoophilia definition: the state of being zoophilous.. See examples of ZOOPHILIA used in a sentence.
Zoophilia: A sexual disorder involving an erotic attraction to animals or an abnormal desire to have sexual contact with animals.
The risk factors associated with becoming a zoophile. minimal physical and social access to, like, a larger community, history of child sexual abuse, exposure ...See more
The history of zoophilia and bestiality begins in the prehistoric era, where depictions of humans and non-human animals in a sexual context appear ...
zoophilia(n.) "attraction to animals involving release of sexual energy," 1899, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing (it is attested in ...
zoophilia · Botanythe state of being zoophilous. · Psychiatryan abnormal fondness or preference for animals.
Sep 6, 2012 — This article describes the health implications of sexual contact with animals (see: Zoophilia). Areas of possible concern are infection, physical injury and ...
by CJ Williams · 2003 · Cited by 157 — Finally, participants' sexual profiles with animals and humans, and how the balance of animal and human desires creates different forms o
Dec 1, 2014 — Zoophilia is a psychiatric condition, whereas bestiality is a legal term. Both terms typically provoke visceral responses of disgust that ...
zoophilia in American English ... 1. the state of being zoophilous. 2. Psychology. an abnormal fondness or preference for animals.
Sexual contact with animals referred to as zoophilia or bestiality has interested diverse scholars over six decades, yet its etiology and treatment still ...
Aug 6, 2025 — Zoophilia is a paraphilia whereby the perpetrator gets sexual pleasure in having sex with animals. Most jurisdictions and nations have laws ...
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun zoophilia. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.