animality
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- noun
- /ˌænɪˈmælɪti/
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animalidad
- And his characters fight against their animality, but they cannot escape (not even "to Nepal").
- animality and humanity
Examples
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Not his pain, but the suppressed animality that dwelled in him just as in her.
Fiction book (1994) -
How can a man of such high breeding... have regressed through disease so far back to animality?
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Traditionally, the literature has focused on the perceived "animality," and thus abnormality, of twins.
Academic text (2008) -
Not surprisingly, Abel is fascinated by that "other" world of the schoolchildren, enticed by their liberating animality, hedonism, savagery, and lack of scruples.
Academic text (1990) -
The movie explores the struggle between civilization and animality in human behavior.
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In moments of extreme fear, some people may revert to their primal animality.
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The poet questions the balance between intellect and animality in our daily lives.
Synonyms
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Strong natural urges and physical feelings in a person that come from the body not the mind
A tendency to act with animal instincts, like sudden fear or hunger
How Instinctual
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Animality comes from the Latin root anima, which means 'breath' or 'soul' and is the same root behind the English words animate and animal. So animality means the 'animal' side of a person, the body and instincts rather than the spirit or mind.