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ANIMALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
Synonyms:
animalism; physicality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("animalism" is a kind of...):
disposition; temperament (your usual mood)
Derivation:
animalistic (of or pertaining to animalism)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("animalism" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Derivation:
animalistic (of or pertaining to animalism)
