ANIMALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does animalism mean? 

• ANIMALISM (noun)
  The noun ANIMALISM has 2 senses:

1. the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature

2. preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites

  Familiarity information: ANIMALISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANIMALISM (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

animalism; physicality

Hypernyms ("animalism" is a kind of...):

disposition; temperament (your usual mood)

Derivation:

animalistic (of or pertaining to animalism)