zoophilitehttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoophilite_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoophilite, n.
Revised 2017

zoophilitenoun

Now historical and rare.
  1. 1879–
    An opponent of cruelty to animals, esp. an antivivisectionist. Cf. zoophile n. 1, zoophilist n.
    1. 1879
      He has been assailed by extreme Zoöphilites.
      R. Christison, Letter 13 January in A. Christison et al., Life Sir R. Christison (1886) vol. II. 251
    2. 1881
      These experiments, perverted as they have been by fanatical zoophilites, have..proved of signal service alike to humanity and science.
      Lancet 22 October 718/1
    3. 2007
      Salt deplored vegetarian impatience at zoophilites.
      J. Gregory, Victorians & Vegetarianism 96

Originally published as part of the entry for zoophile, n.

zoophilite, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoophilite, n. was last modified in July 2023.