Animalness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The quality of being animal; animality. uncountable
"These examples reveal that the shared personhood of hunters and prey was mutually comprehensible, such that hunters could see the animalness of themselves and the humanness of prey, and prey could see the humanness of themselves […]"
Example
More examples"These examples reveal that the shared personhood of hunters and prey was mutually comprehensible, such that hunters could see the animalness of themselves and the humanness of prey, and prey could see the humanness of themselves […]"
Etymology
From animal (adjective) + -ness.
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