[f. prec. + -ISM.] The state or condition of beasts; irrationality.
1860. Penny Press (Cincinnati, OH), 7 Jan., 2/3. A biped that wears the shape of a man, named William Gould, was charged with the bestialism of exposing his person.
1871. Maria F. Rossetti, Shadow of Dante, v. 52–3. That Bestialism which seems to correspond to the Folly of Holy Writ.
