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animalist

[ an-uh-muh-list ]

/ ˈæn ə mə lɪst /

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noun

a person driven by animal appetites; sensualist.

an advocate of the theory of animalism.

Origin of animalist

First recorded in 1830–40; animal + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM animalist

an·i·mal·is·tic, adjective

Words nearby animalist

animalcule, animalculum, animalia, animalier, animalism, animalist, animalistic, animality, animalize, animally, animate

Example sentences from the Web for animalistic

She is equally desirous of Levine, as animalistic and eager to consume him while sticky with sanguine fluid.

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But each government understands at some animalistic level that no electorate will celebrate the consequences of doing too little.

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But football by its nature is animalistic, raw, a bloody piece of meat.

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So one night, in a fit of animalistic madness, Edie chops off what she has left, crying and screaming as she cuts.

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The battle of the rational and spiritual to gain supremacy over the instinctive and animalistic is known to him.

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Can you look for manliness, for self-respect, and self-control, or anything but animalistic sentimentality?

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The earlier phases are crude and animalistic, and involve much resort to physical strife.

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British Dictionary definitions for animalistic

animalistic

/ (ˈænɪməˌlɪstɪk) /

adjective

of, relating to, or resembling an animal or animals; brutish