For good reason military leaders attempt to instill in their troops beliefs about the nonhumanity—the bestiality or animality or verminlike character—of the enemy.
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Animality
Synonyms for "animality" (164 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Noun(4 words)
acutenessadamand fishanimal kingdomanimal lifeanimaliaanimalismatrociousnessatrocitybarbarismbarbaritybarbarousnessbawdinessbeastlinessbeastsbeasts of fieldbeasts of preybestialitybig gamebirds
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Strong matches (49)
cannibalismcarnal naturecarnal-mindednesscarnalitycattleclitoromaniacoarsenessconcupiscencecruelnesscrueltydestructivenessdirtinessdomestic animalsearthinesseroticismeroticomaniaerotomaniaextremityfallen naturefallen state
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Noun(3 words)
creaturehood in literatureearthly lifeinstinctive nature
Related words (82)
Noun(4 words)
instinctual lifemore animalisticmost animalisticnonrational life
intensitylapsed statelasciviousnesslecherousnesslecherylewdnesslibidinousnesslickerishnesslivestocklubriciousnesslubricitylustlustfulnessmalenessmalignitymasculinitymaterialismmercilessnessmindlessnessmurderousness
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neanderthalismnonspiritualitynymphomaniaobscenityphilistinismpitilessnesspostlapsarian statepruriencepruriencyrandinessrigorroughnessruthlessnesssadismsadistic crueltysalaciousnesssalacitysanguineousnesssatyriasissatyrismsavagerysavagismsensualityseveritysexinesssexualitysharpnesssmall gamestockswinishnessterrorismthe beastthe fleshthe offending adamthe old adamtroglodytismtruculenceuncivilizednessuncouthnessuncultivatednessuncultivationunculturednessungentlenessunrefinementunspiritualityuteromaniavandalismvehemencevenomviciousnessviolencevirilityvirulencewanton crueltywild animalswild beastwildlifewildness
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More general
4 entriesMore specific
6 entriesbehavioral animalitybiological animalitybiological instinctbodily animalitymoral animalityprimal drive
Collocations
6 entriesanimal natureanimality discoursebiological animalityconcept of animalityhuman animalitymoral animality
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
1 total sentences available.