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Animalism

Animalism \An"i*mal*ism\, n. [Cf. F. animalisme.] The state, activity, or enjoyment of animals; mere animal life without intellectual or moral qualities or objectives; preoccupation with sensual, physical, or carnal pleasures.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
animalism

"the doctrine that man is a mere animal," 1857, from animal + -ism. Earlier, "exercise of animal faculties; physical exercise" (1831).

Wiktionary
animalism

n. 1 The doctrine that humans are merely animals, and lack any spirituality 2 The enjoyment of physical appetites

WordNet
animalism
  1. n. the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature

  2. preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites [syn: physicality]

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Animalism

Animalism may refer to:

  • Animalism (Animal Farm), an allegory for communism featured in the book Animal Farm
  • Animalism (philosophy), the notion that humans are animals
  • Animalism (album), a blues rock album by The Animals
Animalism (album)

Animalism is a blues rock album by The Animals, released in November 1966. The album includes a collaboration with Frank Zappa ("All Night Long"), with covers of B.B. King, Ray Charles and Sam Cooke.

Animalism peaked at #33 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. It was their last Top 40 album, as well as the last recording of the band prior to their breakup. Subsequent Animals albums and single were by The (New) Animals. This album was issued only in the US.

Animalism (philosophy)
Not to be confused with the fictional philosophy from Animal Farm, or with Animism.

In philosophy, animalism is a theory according to which we are human animals. Animalism is not a theory about personhood, that is, a theory about what it means to be a person. Animalists could hold that robots or angels were persons without that contradicting their animalism.

The concept of animalism is among interests of philosophers Eric T. Olson and David Wiggins.

Usage examples of "animalism".

But that transitory gleam of the true animalism of these monsters was enough.

I still went among them in safety, because no jolt in the downward glide had released the increasing charge of explosive animalism that ousted the human day by day.

I turned to face her, drawing her against me, but as we began to kiss, to touch, I realized I was afraid of making love, of reinstituting that fierce animalism.

The small handful of Wamphyri diseases were mainly hereditary: various animalisms, several forms of insanity, aggressive autisms, acromegaly and other bone disorders.

As for his 'pups', his bloodsons, lieutenants, thralls: oh, they were men - despite the taint of their master's animalism - but Canker himself was magnificent!