bestialism

English

Etymology

From bestial +‎ -ism.

Noun

bestialism (usually uncountable, plural bestialisms)

1. bestiality (sexual intercourse between human and animal)
   • 2011, Alan Gunn, Essential Forensic Biology:

     John Leedham had the unfortunate distinction of being the last person in Derbyshire to be hanged for a crime other than murder when he was executed for bestialism outside the Derby New County Gaol on 12th April 1833.

2. bestialness; quality of being bestial or subhuman