bestiality

Questions about bestiality

What does bestiality mean?

bestiality means "the stupid brutal quality of a beast". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bestiality?

bestiality has 4 syllables: be-stial-i-ty. The stress falls on "stial". In IPA it is /bɛsˈtʃælɪti/.

What is another word for bestiality?

Close synonyms include zooerastia, zooerasty, sodomy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bestiality a common word?

bestiality is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.