zoolatry

See also: zoölatry

English

Alternative forms

• zoölatry

Etymology

zoo- +‎ -latry

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /zoʊˈɑlətɹi/, /zuˈɑlətɹi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /zəʊˈɒlətɹi/, /zuːˈɒlətɹi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

zoolatry (uncountable)

1. The worship of animals.
   • 2004, Simson R Najovits, Egypt, Trunk of the Tree: A Modern Survey of an Ancient Land, →ISBN, page 227:

     Excessive zoolatry and heka practices had always been fundamental aspects of Egyptian religion and lifestyles, but from about the Late Period (c. 747 BC), they increasingly became tinged with fundamentalism and fanaticism.

Related terms

• zoolater
• zoolatrous

Translations

worship of animals

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 動物崇拜／动物崇拜 (dòngwù chóngbài)

• Esperanto: zoolatrio
• Finnish: eläintenpalvonta, zoolatria
• French: zoolâtrie (fr) f
• German: Zoolatrie (de) f
• Greek: ζωολατρία (el) f (zoolatría)
• Japanese: 動物崇拝 (どうぶつすうはい, dōbutsusūhai)
• Polish: animalizm (pl) m, zoolatria (pl) f

Further reading

• Animal worship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia