animalistic

adjective

an·​i·​mal·​is·​tic ¦a-nə-mə-¦li-stik 

1

: of, relating to, or having the qualities of animals or animalism

an animalistic approach to life

2

: resembling or suggestive of an animal

an animalistic door knocker

Word History

First Known Use

1866, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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Rhymes for animalistic

• anachronistic
• antagonistic
• antiphlogistic
• behavioristic
• cannibalistic
• capitalistic
• characteristic
• collectivistic
• deterministic
• ethnolinguistic
• expressionistic
• idealistic