Teratism
noun
1.
love or worship of the monstrous.
2.
Biology. a monstrosity.
noun
1.
a malformed animal or human, esp in the fetal stage; monster
teratism ter·a·tism (těr’ə-tĭz’əm)
n.
A congenital malformation or monster.
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