animality

an·i·mal·i·ty

noun \ˌa-nə-ˈma-lə-tē\

Definition of ANIMALITY

1

: a quality or nature associated with animals: a : vitality b : a natural unrestrained unreasoned response to physical drives or stimuli

2

: the animal nature of human beings

Examples of ANIMALITY

1. <in his portrayal the actor emphasizes the working-class hunk's fundamental animality>

First Known Use of ANIMALITY

1615

Related to ANIMALITY

Synonyms: animalism, bestiality, beastliness, brutality, brutishness, swinishness

Related Words: carnality, physicality, sensuality; boorishness, coarseness, crudeness, grossness, loutishness, rudeness; barbarity, cruelty, sadism, savagery, viciousness, wantonness

Near Antonyms: intellectuality, spirituality; greatheartedness, high-mindedness, magnanimity, nobility; beneficence, benevolence, benignity, compassion, good-heartedness, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, tenderheartedness

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Rhymes with ANIMALITY

abnormality, actuality, amorality, atonality, axiality, bestiality, bilinguality, bimodality, bipedality, cardinality, classicality, coevality, comicality, commonality, communality, conjugality, cordiality, corporality, criminality, criticality, ethicality, externality, factuality, farcicality, fictionality, functionality, generality, geniality, hospitality, ideality, illegality, immorality, immortality, informality, integrality, internality, irreality, joviality, lexicality, liberality, lineality, literality, logicality, lognormality, marginality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, notionality, nuptiality, optimality, parfocality, partiality, personality, physicality, practicality, principality, prodigality, punctuality, quizzicality, rationality, seasonality, sensuality, sexuality, siege mentality, sociality, speciality, subnormality, surreality, technicality, temporality, textuality, topicality, triviality, typicality, unmorality, unreality, verticality, virtuality, whimsicality