ˌbes(h)chēˈaləd.ē, bes(h)ˈchal-, -ēs-, -lətē, -i Brit usually & US sometimes ˌ ̷ ̷stiˈal- noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English bestialite, from Middle French bestialité, from bestial + -ité -ity — more at bestial
1. : the condition of being a beast (sense 1b)
all this which marks the difference between bestiality and humanity … is because man remembers, preserving and recording his experiences — John Dewey
2.
a. : the display, gratification, or an instance of bestial traits or impulses
the bestiality and degradation that war brings — Drew Middleton
the calculated bestialities of sadistic conquerors
b. : a debased brutalized condition of life
the bestiality of existence in a tenement jungle is well portrayed
3. : sexual relations between a human being and a lower animal