animalism

Animalism — may refer to:* Animalism (album) , a blues rock album by The Animals released in December of 1966 * A theory of Personal identity (philosophy) called animalism * Animalism (Animal Farm), an allegory for communism featured in the book Animal Farm …   Wikipedia

Animalism — An i*mal*ism, n. [Cf. F. animalisme.] The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities or objectives; preoccupation with sensual, physical, or carnal pleasures. [1913 Webster +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

animalism — index bestiality Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

animalism — (n.) the doctrine that man is a mere animal, 1857, from ANIMAL (Cf. animal) + ISM (Cf. ism). Earlier, exercise of animal faculties; physical exercise (1831) …   Etymology dictionary

animalism — *animality Analogous words: sensualism, voluptuousness (see corresponding adjectives at SENSUOUS): lustfulness, lasciviousness, lecherousness (see corresponding adjectives at LICENTIOUS) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

animalism — ► NOUN ▪ behaviour characteristic of animals; animality. DERIVATIVES animalistic adjective …   English terms dictionary

animalism — [an′i məl iz΄əm] n. 1. the activity, appetites, nature, etc. of animals 2. the doctrine that human beings are mere animals with no soul or spiritual quality animalist n. animalistic adj …   English World dictionary

animalism — noun Date: 1831 animality • animalistic adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

animalism — /an euh meuh liz euhm/, n. 1. preoccupation with or motivation by sensual, physical, or carnal appetites rather than moral, spiritual, or intellectual forces. 2. the theory that human beings lack a spiritual nature. [1825 35; ANIMAL(IZE) + ISM] * …   Universalium

animalism — noun a) The doctrine that humans are merely animals, and lack any spirituality b) The enjoyment of physical appetites …   Wiktionary

animalism — Synonyms and related words: Adam, Marxism, animality, atomism, beastliness, behaviorism, bestiality, brutality, brutishness, carnal nature, carnal mindedness, carnality, coarseness, commonsense realism, dialectical materialism, earthiness,… …   Moby Thesaurus