animality
noun
an·i·mal·i·ty
ˌa-nə-ˈma-lə-tē 
Synonyms
Examples of animality in a Sentence
in his portrayal the actor emphasizes the working-class hunk's fundamental animality
Recent Examples on the Web
Kafka’s fiction is full of animals who resemble people and people who lapse into animality.
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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
Linking women with animality and monstrosity is common in pop culture, and there are a number of female werewolf precedents.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2021
The latter fragrance, in a smooth-contoured bottle, was a blend of pure musk and animality, primal as the fossilized DNA of our species preserved in amber.
—New York Times, 10 May 2021
Orientals were once celebrated for harnessing a kind of raw, sensuous animality.
—New York Times, 10 May 2021
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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
Linking women with animality and monstrosity is common in pop culture, and there are a number of female werewolf precedents.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2021
The latter fragrance, in a smooth-contoured bottle, was a blend of pure musk and animality, primal as the fossilized DNA of our species preserved in amber.
—New York Times, 10 May 2021
Orientals were once celebrated for harnessing a kind of raw, sensuous animality.
—New York Times, 10 May 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1615, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Animality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animality. Accessed 30 Nov. 2023.
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