The realm, kingdom, or state of beasts; the world or condition of animals, particularly in a literary or metaphorical sense.
Compound of 'beast' and 'dom' (from Old English '-dom,' meaning realm, kingdom, or domain), as in 'kingdom,' 'christendom,' or 'serfdom'.
The '-dom' suffix is enduring in English for creating abstract realms (kingdom, freedom, wisdom, random)—'beastdom' sounds archaic now, but it follows a pattern that's been productive for a thousand years.
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