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the manifestation of the traits or the gratification of the appetites of a lower animal
in his portrayal the actor emphasizes the working-class hunk's fundamental animality
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Recent Examples of animality
The other characters are getting animalities, as well: Peacemaker gets the eagle, Omni-Man the Hail Mary kaiju from Invincible, and Johnny Cage becomes a shark.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Meg combined elements of Christie Monteiro, with Bryans Snakeskin Pants (both from Tekken), while dancing in a DDR setting similarly to Ulala from Space Channel 5, fatalities and animalities from MK, with nods to old school games from the Sega Genesis era.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 10 May 2024
Kafka’s fiction is full of animals who resemble people and people who lapse into animality.
—Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
The study ventures into the intricacies of scientific and quasi-scientific debates in the 19th century, and treats 19th century science as embedded in a myth featuring divinity, humanity and animality as principal characters.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2012
Haushofer’s inhabiting of animality is remarkably tender and selfless.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
In the short pas de deux of the savages, which came as the finale of the Revue Nègre, there was a wild splendor and magnificent animality.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
It’s the thought of not being able to keep alive her two pets, whose fragile animality animates the stakes from the outset.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 11 Oct. 2021
Linking women with animality and monstrosity is common in pop culture, and there are a number of female werewolf precedents.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2021
Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2024
Meg combined elements of Christie Monteiro, with Bryans Snakeskin Pants (both from Tekken), while dancing in a DDR setting similarly to Ulala from Space Channel 5, fatalities and animalities from MK, with nods to old school games from the Sega Genesis era.
—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 10 May 2024
Kafka’s fiction is full of animals who resemble people and people who lapse into animality.
—Becca Rothfeld, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
The study ventures into the intricacies of scientific and quasi-scientific debates in the 19th century, and treats 19th century science as embedded in a myth featuring divinity, humanity and animality as principal characters.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2012
Haushofer’s inhabiting of animality is remarkably tender and selfless.
—James Wood, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
In the short pas de deux of the savages, which came as the finale of the Revue Nègre, there was a wild splendor and magnificent animality.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022
It’s the thought of not being able to keep alive her two pets, whose fragile animality animates the stakes from the outset.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 11 Oct. 2021
Linking women with animality and monstrosity is common in pop culture, and there are a number of female werewolf precedents.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animality
Noun
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Syrians are still digesting the systemic brutality of the regime, now that prisons and torture chambers – chief among them Sednaya – have been opened.Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Dec. 2024
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The killing of the CEO captivated the nation, both for the brutality of the crime and for the anger and frustration many people expressed about the health care insurance system.Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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All of a sudden, that animalism has been incarnated.Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024
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But what Cameron represents to Harper is unfettered animalism, and that’s part of what’s missing in her relationship with Ethan.Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
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By separating the cruelty from the constructive, a company can turn criticism into a catalyst for meaningful growth.Molly McPherson, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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The 17-year-old was charged with animal cruelty, a state jail felony punishable by up to two years in jail, according to an arrest affidavit released in late November.Claire Osborn, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Animality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animality. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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