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Definition of Animalism
1. Noun. The doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature.
Derivative terms: Animalistic
2. Noun. Preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites.
Generic synonyms: Disposition, Temperament
Derivative terms: Animalistic, Physical
Definition of Animalism
1. n. The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities; sensuality.
Definition of Animalism
1. Noun. The doctrine that humans are merely animals, and lack any spirituality ¹
2. Noun. The enjoyment of physical appetites ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Animalism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Animalism
Literary usage of Animalism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ariadne Florentina: Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving Given Before by John Ruskin (1875)
"Florentine animalism has at this time, also, enough to say for itself. But Florentine
animalism, at this time, feels the joy of a gentleman, not of a churl. ..."
2. Life of Gustave Doré by Blanchard Jerrold (1891)
"That is not a type," I said to Dore, as we turned away—"but a monster." " She is
the ideal of ferocious animalism—a hideous ..."
3. A Londoner's Log-book, 1901-1902 by George William Erskine Russell (1903)
"The spiritual interpretation proved to be that Punch symbolised the Tyranny of
Brute Force, Convention, and animalism; ..."
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