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animalness

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Definition of animalness word

  • noun animalness The quality of being animal; animality. 1

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Parts of speech for Animalness

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

animalness popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for animalness

noun animalness

  • physicality — the physical attributes of a person, especially when overdeveloped or overemphasized.
  • animality — the animal side of man, as opposed to the intellectual or spiritual
  • sensuality — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
  • fleshly — of or relating to the flesh or body; bodily, corporeal, or physical.
  • animalism — satisfaction of or preoccupation with physical matters; sensuality

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