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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
But also, something more intrinsic — something like her animality.
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Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animality
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The limited 6-part series was written by the same screenwriter who penned The Revenant, and the show very much follows that film’s style and overall sense of brutality and bleakness.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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And the plotting didn’t take place in strange, distant areas: Among those charged with acts of brutality or acting as conspirators in the insurrection were residents of Ormond Beach, Titusville, Kissimmee and other familiar, nearby cities.Orlando Sentinel and New York Daily News Editorial Boards, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2025
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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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Blood is seen pouring out of skinned animals, the near-constant cruelty of the state’s differing climates is apparent and the ruthless, murderous human beings driven by capitalism and colonialism are lethal.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
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Meagan Ann Dixon, 44, is charged with murder, child endangerment and multiple counts of cruelty to animals in connection to the slayings, Sutter County Superior Court records show.Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Animality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animality. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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