animalism
1. the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature • Derivationally related forms: animalistic • Hypernyms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism 2. preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites • Syn: physicality • Derivationally related forms: physical (for: physicality), animalistic • Hypernyms: disposition, temperament
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