noun
Meaning 1
The worship of animals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
zoolatry
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /zoʊˈɑlətɹi/
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General-American: /zuˈɑlətɹi/
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UK: /zəʊˈɒlətɹi/
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UK: /zuːˈɒlətɹi/
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noun
Meaning 2
the worship of animals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: animal-worship
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worship
Narrower terms: ichthyolatry, fish-worship, ophiolatry, serpent-worship
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French zoolâtrie, New Latin zoolatria, from zoo- + -latry.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 動物崇拜 /动物崇拜 (dòngwù chóngbài) — worship of animals
- Esperanto: zoolatrio — worship of animals
- Finnish: eläintenpalvonta — worship of animals
- Finnish: zoolatria — worship of animals
- French: zoolâtrie — worship of animals
- German: Zoolatrie — worship of animals
- Greek: ζωολατρία (zoolatría) — worship of animals
- Japanese: 動物崇拝 (dōbutsusūhai) — worship of animals
- Polish: animalizm — worship of animals
- Polish: zoolatria — worship of animals