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animalism

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an·i·mal·ism  (n-m-lzm)
n.
1. Enjoyment of vigorous health and physical drives.
2. Indifference to all but the physical appetites.
3. The doctrine that humans are merely animals with no spiritual nature.
ani·mal·ist n.
ani·mal·istic (-lstk) adj.
animalism
Noun
1. preoccupation with physical matters; sensuality
2. the doctrine that human beings lack a spiritual nature
animalism
the theory that human beings lack a spiritual nature; animality. — animalist, n. — animalistic, adj.
See also: Mankind
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.animalism - the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature
doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
2.animalism - preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
physicality
disposition, temperament - your usual mood; "he has a happy disposition"


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He sometimes talked in a way that astonished her at first and brought the crimson into her face; in a way that pleased her at last, appealing to the animalism that stirred impatiently within her.
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They were both embarrassed and to relieve their embarrassment dropped into the animalism of youth.
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But that transitory gleam of the true animalism of these monsters was enough.
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