What is "animalization"

Animalization \An`i*mal*i*za"tion\, n. [Cf. F. animalisation.]

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.
   --Owen.

n. 1 The act of animalize; the giving of animal life, or endowing with animal properties. 2 Conversion into animal matter by the process of assimilation.

1. n. a depiction in the form of an animal

2. an act that makes people cruel or lacking normal human qualities [syn: brutalization, brutalisation, animalisation]

Animalization is the fourth American album by British R&B group The Animals. It has a track listing somewhat similar to the British album Animalisms. The album, which reached #20 on the US Billboard album chart, included three US Top 40 singles.

It was during this period that drummer John Steel left the group and was replaced by Barry Jenkins, previously of The Nashville Teens (of " Tobacco Road" fame). Both drummers appear on the cover, Jenkins on the front (upper right in brown shirt) and Steel on the back.