Animalization

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities wordnet
  3. 3
    Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation. countable, uncountable

    "The raw material of this restoration is derived from without : the alimentary canal , in which the conversion and animalisation of the food take place , is provided , in the Vertebrata , with two apertures"

  4. 4
    a depiction in the form of an animal wordnet

Synonyms

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animalisationbrutalisationbrutalizationbrutalization

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"The raw material of this restoration is derived from without : the alimentary canal , in which the conversion and animalisation of the food take place , is provided , in the Vertebrata , with two apertures"

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