Animalhood
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or period of being an animal. uncountable
"August 13, 1870, Henry Ward Beecher, "My Yoke is Easy", in Plymouth Pulpit The moral development of man is manhood; and all below that is animalhood, which we have in common with the brute creation. All our duties, then, are in accordance with our nature."
Example
More examples"August 13, 1870, Henry Ward Beecher, "My Yoke is Easy", in Plymouth Pulpit The moral development of man is manhood; and all below that is animalhood, which we have in common with the brute creation. All our duties, then, are in accordance with our nature."
Etymology
From animal + -hood.
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