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SODOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman
Synonyms:
anal intercourse; anal sex; buggery; sodomy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sodomy" is a kind of...):
perversion; sexual perversion (an aberrant sexual practice)
Derivation:
sodomise (practice anal sex upon)
sodomist (someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male))
sodomize (practice anal sex upon)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sexual activity between a person and an animal
Synonyms:
bestiality; sodomy; zooerastia; zooerasty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sodomy" is a kind of...):
sex; sex activity; sexual activity; sexual practice (activities associated with sexual intercourse)
