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animalism /ˈanɪm(ə)lɪz(ə)m /noun [mass noun]1Behaviour that is characteristic of animals, particularly in being physical and instinctive.He had never seen such a display of unadulterated animalism before, and could only wonder what her mother must've been like....- The, ‘Flight or Fight’ mechanism is Mankind's last direct link to animalism, which Civilisation still seeks to expunge from the human psyche.
- In the eighteenth century madness was seen as either animalism, best controlled by harsh restraint, or as imbalances in bodily humours, treated by bleeding.
2Religious worship of animals.The exhibit looks at animalism and concepts of femininity, sexual fetishes, seduction, excess, coquetry and class standing....- Their religion, which exhibits features of animism, animalism, anthropomorphism, nature-worship, fetishism, ancestor-worship is under the control, guidance and supervision of the village.
- I would surmise that the original religion was animalism, leading to the worship of Nature, the Sun and the Moon.
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