英単語

zoophiliaの意味・使い方・発音

zoophilia

英 [,zəʊəʊ'fɪlɪə]
  • n. 動物好き

英語の語源


zoophilia (n.)
"attraction to animals involving release of sexual energy," 1899, in a translation of Krafft-Ebing, from zoo- "animal" + -philia. "[F]ormerly not implying sexual intercourse or bestiality" [OED]. The meaning "sympathy or tender care for living creatures" is in the nativized formation zoophily (1886).

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