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Recent Examples of animalism Hope is something that Dior’s creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri can related to, having explored the dualities of hope and despair (as well as lightness and darkness, and fluidity and animalism) in her spring 2023 collection. Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 22 Jan. 2025 All of a sudden, that animalism has been incarnated. Hunter Ingram, Variety, 25 Mar. 2024 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 The Seven Commandments (Revised) of Orwellian Animalism: This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be missing content or contain faulty links. John Brownlee, WIRED, 15 Jan. 2007
Recent Examples of Synonyms for animalism
Noun
  • Pellegrino does get into the brutality of the Japanese forces.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 27 June 2025
  • Yet, in the nearly two years since then, the brutality and intensity of Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip have mobilized opposition around the world.
    Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • This strangeness causes all sorts of internal agitation, an uneasiness about humanity’s closeness to animality.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
  • But also, something more intrinsic — something like her animality.
    Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The new law adds to existing municipal ordinances that forbid animal cruelty or neglect, including leaving a pet in too small of a space or outside in the hot Florida sun.
    Shira Moolten, Sun Sentinel, 3 July 2025
  • Miller faces four counts of cruelty to a companion animal and 34 counts of complicity.
    Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025

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“Animalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animalism. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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