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Noun: animalism  'a-nu-mu,li-zum
  1. The doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature
     
  2. Preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites
    - physicality

Derived forms: animalisms

Type of: disposition, doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought, temperament

Encyclopedia: Animalism