animalistic

/ ˈænɪməˌlɪstɪk /

adjective

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

Example Sentences

The Feyd-Rautha we see in the movie is less chatty and more frightening and animalistic than in the book.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s this relationship with animal nature or animalistic instinct,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Legal precedent has excluded references to people as animalistic as “coded racist language,” Conrad pointed out.

From Seattle Times

To Walsh and other doctors behind the push to reject the diagnosis, those descriptions reflected age-old racist tropes of Black men as being stronger than white men or being animalistic.

From Scientific American

She added that the believed both Russia and Ukraine "need emotional support to avoid descending into animalistic hate".

From Reuters

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