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creatureliness

creatureliness

9.9
A tendency to act with animal instincts, like sudden fear or hunger
  • noun
  • Formal
translation icon : animalidad
  • Her art reflects a deep understanding of creatureliness, showcasing the raw, unfiltered emotions that arise from our basic instincts.

Examples

  • In Study 2, we therefore hypothesized that a creatureliness reminder should lead mortality-salient participants to find physical sex less appealing.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Participants were primed with creatureliness reminders via the essays used in Goldenberg et al. (2001) that discussed the similarity or dissimilarity between humans and other animals.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The Present Research: The Role of Creatureliness in the Sex-Death Connection

    Academic text (2002)

  • In Study 1, we assessed the impact of thoughts of physical sex on the accessibility of death-related thoughts after creatureliness had been primed.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Study 2 provided additional support for the role of creatureliness in the sex-death link and demonstrated that people's attitudes toward the physical aspects of sex could be influenced by theoretically relevant variables.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The documentary explored the concept of creatureliness, highlighting how instinctual behaviors connect humans with other animals.

  • In literature, themes of creatureliness often illustrate the primal drives that influence human behavior and decision-making.

Synonyms

animality
vscreatureliness
1 8.0

The body's natural side and instincts, not the mind

focuses more on basic instincts, drives, and observable behaviors
animal nature
vscreatureliness
  • NSFW
1 5.0

Strong natural urges and physical feelings in a person that come from the body not the mind

focuses on basic instincts and drives rather than intellect or spirit

Antonyms

spirituality
71 6.3

A concern with the inner life and connection beyond physical things

divinity
11 8.1

The state of being like a god or very holy

How Animalistic

creatureliness
  • Formal
9.9
brutishness
  • Offensive
7.2
self-control
53 3.3

Surface Forms

creatureliness singular
creaturelinesses plural

Morphology

creatureliness = creaturely (transparent) = creature + ly + ness

The derivation creature -> creaturely -> creatureliness is regular, but 'creaturely' is relatively rare and the abstract noun formation is stylistically/theologically marked, so learners may not fully predict the exact nuance.

Etymology

Creatureliness comes from creature, which originally meant a 'created being' and is related to the familiar word create ('to make'). It brings to mind the animal, instinct side of people—our basic drives and sudden reactions—so the word now means the quality of having animal-like instincts.