animality

[ an-uh-mal-i-tee ]

/ ˌæn əˈmæl ɪ ti /

the state of being an animal.

the animal nature or instincts of human beings.

Origin of animality

1605–15; animal + -ity, modeled on carnality

non·an·i·mal·i·ty, noun su·per·an·i·mal·i·ty, noun

The infinite variety of animality in those six vile stables—the champing jaws and the slobbering mouths and the rank odor of food!

The Journal of Arthur Stirling |Upton Sinclair
Finally, if man ought to abdicate, which seems unlikely, animality is rich enough to raise up an inheritor.

The Natural Philosophy of Love |Remy de Gourmont
After the Phytozoa come the Protozoa, or first forms in which animality is distinctly recognised.

Marvels of Pond-life |Henry J. Slack
All my days had been passed in comparative ignorance of the animality of man.

The Sea-Wolf |Jack London

Add intellectuality to animality, and you merely get an intellectual animal.

Modern Skepticism |C. J. Ellicott

animality

/ (ˌænɪˈmælɪtɪ) /

the animal side of man, as opposed to the intellectual or spiritual

the fact of being or having the characteristics of an animal