animal
- adjective
- /ˈænɪməl/
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- His decision was purely animal, driven by instinct rather than logic.
Examples
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She approached the situation with an animal passion that left reason behind.
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The animal desires of humans can often cloud their judgment.
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Work raises us out of the purely animal of of Labor.
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He claims that animal accepts death, right?
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The World Organisation for Animal Health has asked for programs aimed at the monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in food-producing animals (WHO, 2000).
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By Dr. Dirk Philipp, Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas—Fayetteville
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The authors express appreciation to Gary Crow (Department of Animal Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada) for statistical evaluation of data.
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(2) Department of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana IL 61801, USA (3) China Feed Industry Association, Beijing 100125, China
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Dr. Michalik is a researcher in the Department of Animal Morphology at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
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To this end, there are already relatively advanced international programs in place for identifying and managing the spread of human diseases, and the 178 member nations of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) have agreed to report outbreaks of animal diseases, mostly diseases of livestock, to a central database.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
Relating to sexual or physical desire rather than spiritual feelings
Giving strong pleasure to the senses like touch, smell, or sight
Showing strong natural urges and acting roughly without thinking
Relating to bodily desires, especially sexual ones
About the basic physical needs and natural fears of animals and people
Acts like an animal because of strong instinct or violent behavior
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
An animal people keep and breed to live with them or help them
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Breeding and caring for farm animals to raise them for food or work
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Strong natural urges and physical feelings in a person that come from the body not the mind
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An animal like a goat with straight horns and a beard that climbs rocks
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A black material made by burning animal bones used to color things and clean liquids
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A natural material in animals that gives skin, fur, or feathers their color
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A group of related animals larger than a family and smaller than a class
- Archaic
A person who fills and shapes animal skins to make them look like living animals for display
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A small water animal that lives in groups attached to rocks and has a ring of tentacles used for feeding
A place where injured wild animals get care and recover safely
How Sensual
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The adjective animal comes from the same Latin anima, which means 'breath' or 'life'. So calling something animal points to the body's strong, natural drives or instincts rather than to reason.