animality

[ an-uh-mal-i-tee ]

noun

1. the state of being an animal.
2. the animal nature or instincts of human beings.
3. animal kingdom.

animality

/ ˌænɪˈmælɪtɪ /

noun

1. the animal side of man, as opposed to the intellectual or spiritual
2. the fact of being or having the characteristics of an animal

Other Words From

• nonan·i·mali·ty noun
• super·ani·mali·ty noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of animality¹

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

Example Sentences

Who knows whether this vital circulus of the marine animality is not the starting point of all physical circulus?

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Their civilization offers the spectacle of a fine social animality.

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In Rousseau or Walt Whitman it amounts to a sort of ecstatic animality that sets up as a divine illumination.

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The rough jostling, the discomfort and pitilessness, the utter animality of it all,—it is hard to conceive it even inadequately.

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Thus, all creatures which agree only in presenting the few distinctive marks of animality form the “Kingdom” Animalia.

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