animality (redirected from animalities)

an·i·mal·i·ty  (n-ml-t)

n. pl. an·i·mal·i·ties

1. The characteristics or nature of an animal.

2. Animals considered as a group; the animal kingdom.

3. The animal instincts of humans as distinct from their spiritual nature.

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animality

Noun

1. the animal instincts of human beings

2. the state of being an animal

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animality

1. the state of being an animal.
2. animal existence or nature in human activity; the animal in man as opposed to the spiritual.

See also: Animals

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

animality - the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect animal nature nature - the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions; "it is his nature to help others"