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animal
  1. In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
  2. In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
  3. In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not birds, fishes, insects etc.).
  4. (informal) A person of a particular type.
  5. Matter, thing.
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  7. Examples:
    1. “I saw a fascinating animal in the jungle belonging to the marsupial family.”
      “The way that animal treats others is repugnant, to say the least.”
anima
  1. (philosophy) The soul or inner self of a person, especially the irrational part of a person as contrasted with the rational animus. [from 10th c.]
  2. (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona. [from 20th c.]
  3. (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person. [from 20th c.]
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  5. Examples:
    1. “His eyes are blinded by his need to deny the anima within, and he shall suffer as those he seeks to control and capture!”
      “Jung said that the animus is more likely to be personified by multiple male figures, while the anima is frequently a single female.”
      “The animus corresponds to the paternal Logos just as the anima corresponds to the maternal Eros.”
animality
  1. The nature of an animal
  2. The animal kingdom
  3. Any characteristic of animality
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Should we not far rather imagine that in these masses there is a mixture of animality?”
      “Clearly, de Blainville's language echoes through this passage framing the scientists' concerns about human animality and sexuality.”
      “Because humans are aware that animals are mortal, being reminded of our animality provokes this paralyzing anxiety.”
animalization
  1. The act of animalizing; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties.
  2. Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.
  3. Examples:
    1. “And, as Cary Wolfe and others have noted, the animalization of the Other is not confined to race.”
      “A confusing dynamics of humanization of animals and animalization of humans follows, framing such a decadent process with paroxysmal contours.”
      “Davis does not shy away from the negative consequences this animalization has had on black self-esteem, even to this day.”
animalism
  1. The doctrine that humans are merely animals, and lack any spirituality.
  2. The enjoyment of physical appetites.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “The artist's sculpture was praised for its lifelike depiction and perfect capture of the raw animalism present in the subject.”
      “The example given is that of the obligation to become a subject, to place oneself above the basic human animalism.”
      “I would surmise that the original religion was animalism, leading to the worship of Nature, the Sun and the Moon.”
animalness
animat
animalhood
  1. The state or period of being an animal.
animall
  1. Obsolete form of animal.
animalkind
  1. Animals collectively.
animalizations
  1. plural of animalization
animalisms
animalities
animalls
  1. plural of animall
animals
  1. plural of animal
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Only animals with strong constitutions are able to survive the island's harsh winters.”
      “The ocean biome, for example, is made up of all the oceans on Earth. The climate, type of soil, and animals are all part of a biome.”
      “These animals are most active in the hour just before sunrise.”
animats
  1. plural of animat
animas
  1. plural of anima
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It is possible that some of the indigenous animas population joined these newcomers and moved in with them.”
      “When white settlers first moved into the animas Valley, they were intrigued by the great stone ruins.”
      “A few such ruined dwelling sites are known along the animas River south of Durango.”
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