animality
English
Etymology
From French animalité, from Late Latin animālitās.[1]
Noun
animality (countable and uncountable, plural animalities)
- The nature of an animal.
- 2015, J. M. Bernstein, Torture and Dignity: An Essay on Moral Injury, page 170:
- For good reason military leaders attempt to instill in their troops beliefs about the nonhumanity—the bestiality or animality or verminlike character—of the enemy.
- The animal kingdom.
- Any characteristic of animality. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Related terms
Translations
nature of an animal
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animal kingdom — see animal kingdom
References
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